enodis

ēnōdis, e, adj. [nodus], free from knots, without knots ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

Prop.:

trunci,

Verg. G. 2, 78; cf.

cedri,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 360:

nitor arborum,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 14:

harundo,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.—

B.

Transf., smooth, supple: artus ( al. arcus) laterum, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 361.—

II.

Trop., of speech, clear, plain, intelligible:

elegi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Ambros. Ep. 1, 12; id. in Luc. 7, § 136 init.