nick (subs.) Copy link Outline I. NotchII. Exact point of time • nick (subs.): I. Notch: incīsūra: v. notch. II. Exact point of time: Phr.: in the very n. of time: (1). in ipso articulo temporis, Cic. Quint. 5, 19: or simply, in ipso articulo (colloq.), Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 21 (compare Pl. Men. 1, 2, 30, commoditatis articulos scio, I know the right n. of time to do a thing). (2). in ipso tempore: Ter. Andr. 6, 10: less emphatic, in tempore, id. Heaut. 2, 3, 123. (3). opportūnē (seasonably): Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 1 (where it is used as an exclamation on meeting. Well met!): Caes.: who has superl. opportunissime, B. C. 3, 101.
NICK Copy link • NICK 1. s. Notch, incisura (crena, Plin., is doubtful). Exact point (of time), tempus; vestigium temporis; or simply vestigium when the context fixes the sense. In the very nick of time, in tempore; commode; commodum; opportune; peropportune; in ipso temporis articulo (at the most critical and decisive moment). 2. v. To hit, rem acu tangere (Plaut.), attingere; conjecturā consequi. To notch, incidere. To deceive, cheat, alicui imponere; fraudem or fallaciam alicui facere; dolum alicui nectere or confingere; aliquem circumducere (commentators).