noxa

noxa, ae, f. [for noc-sa, from noc-eo, like rixa from ringor], hurt, harm, injury, which one does or suffers (v. Döderl. Synon. 2, p. 153 sqq.; not in Cic., but cf. noxia; syn.: injuria, contumelia).

I.

Lit.: QVANDOQVE HICE HOMINES... NOXAM NOCVERVNT, an old fetial formula in Liv. 9, 10 fin.; so, too, perhaps, SI SERVVS FVRTVM FAXIT NOXAMVE NOCVIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Dig. 9, 4, 2, § 1 (al. NOXIAMVE):

servus, qui noxam nocuit,

Dig. 35, 2, 63:

si eadem (terra) ad noxam genuit aliqua,

injurious, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158:

tristes pellere a foribus noxas,

Ov. F. 6, 129:

ab noxā curculionum conditas fruges defendere,

Col. 1, 6, 15:

nihil eam rem noxae faturam,

Liv. 34, 19:

rempublicam non extra noxam modo, sed etiam extra famam noxae conservandam esse,

id. 34, 61:

sine ullius noxā urbis,

id. 36, 21: prava incepta consultoribus noxae esse, Sall. Or. Phil. contr. Lep.:

sine ullā noxā,

Cels. 7, 26, 4:

veram noxam concipere,

i. e. sickness, Col. 12, 3, 7.—

II.

Transf.

A.

An injurious act, i. e. a fault, offence, crime, = delictum:

noxae appellatione omne delictum continetur,

Dig. 50, 16, 238, § 3:

aliquem tenere in noxā,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 71:

hic in noxā est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 36:

in noxā esse,

Liv. 32, 26; 7, 4:

noxae damnatus,

id. 8, 35:

reus ejus noxae,

id. 5, 47:

capitalis,

id. 3, 55:

neve ea caedes capitalis noxae haberetur,

id. 3, 55: qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliquā noxā sint comprehensi, * Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

graviorem noxam fateri,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 72:

noxa caput sequitur,

Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 8 sq.; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. under noxia init. —

B.

Punishment (not ante-Aug.;

most freq. in jurid. Lat.): noxam merere,

Liv. 8, 28, 8 Drak.:

aliquem noxā pecuniāque exsolvere,

id. 23, 14, 3; 2, 59, 6; 26, 29, 4:

noxae dedere aliquem,

to deliver one up for punishment, Dig. 4, 3, 9; so ib. 7, 1, 17, § 2; cf. ib. 9, 4, 19;

hence: mergi freto, satius illi insulae (Siciliae) esse, quam velut dedi noxae inimico,

Liv. 26, 29, 4; and:

rem rusticam pessimo cuique servorum, ut carnifici noxae dedimus,

Col. 1 prooem.:

quod ajunt aediles: noxā solutus non sit (servus) sic intellegendum est, ut non hoc debeat pronuntiari, nullam eum noxam commisisse, sed illud, noxā solutum esse, hoc est noxali judicio subjectum non esse: ergo si noxam commisit nec permanet, noxā solutus videtur,

Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17: non noxae eximitur Q. Fabius, qui contra edictum imperatoris pugnavit;

sed, noxae damnatus, donatur populo Romano,

Liv. 8, 35, 5:

noxae accipere aliquem,

to receive one for the purpose of punishing him, Dig. 7, 1, 17, § 2.— —

C.

Concr., that which commits an offence, an offender, criminal (jurid. Lat.): noxa est corpus, quod nocuit, id est servus;

noxia ipsum maleficium, veluti furtum, damnum, rapina, injuria,

Just. Inst. 4, 8, 1:

aut noxiam sarcire aut noxam dedere oportet,

the guilty thing, Dig. 9, 1, 1, § 11; so,

noxae deditio,

ib. 9, 4, 4.