knot (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of threads, etc.II. In fig. sense, a bondIII. The part of a tree where a joint shoots1. nōdus2. artĭcŭlus, gĕnĭcŭlumIV. A little group of peopleV. An epaulet • knot (subs.): I. Of threads, etc.: nōdus: Cic.: Virg.: to tie up the hair in a k., crinem nodo substringere, Tac. G. 38: a yoke tied on with a number of k.s entangled together (the Gordian k.), jugum adstrictum compluribus n. in semet ipsos implicatis, Curt. 3, 2, med. Fig.: to untie a k., n. expedire, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: a k. worthy of a deity's untying, n. (deo) vindice dignus, Hor. A. P. 191. Dimin., nodulus, Plin.: Apul. II. In fig. sense, a bond: vincŭlum: e. g. vinculum jugale, the nuptial k., Virg. Aen. 4, 16. III. The part of a tree where a joint shoots: 1. nōdus: a curved stick without a k., baculus aduncus sine n., Liv. 1, 18: Virg.: v. knob (4). 2. artĭcŭlus, gĕnĭcŭlum: v. joint. Without k.s, ēnōdis, e, (e. g.) truncus, Virg.: to free from k.s, enodare, Cato, R. R. 33, init.: Col. IV. A little group of people: circŭlus: to talk in k.s, per circulos loqui, Tac. Agr. 43: cf. Cic. Bal. 26, init., in conviviis rodunt, in circulis (where k.s of a few people get together) vellicant: v. group. To form in k.s, circulari, Caes. B. G. 1, 64: in k.s, circulatim, Suet. Caes. 84, fin. V. An epaulet: hŭmĕrāle, is, n.: Dig.