Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anything which causes injury to the body or its organs or tissues.
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Examples
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1 The wrongdoer, that is, the slave, is called 'noxa'; 'noxia' is the term applied to the wrong itself, that is, the theft, damage, robbery, or outrage.
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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Kuba nangoku sesihambe umgama ongaka ukutshintsha impilo yabantu kusekho oTomas noxa beyibona inguqu.
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Nullum simplex medicamentum sine noxa, no simple medicine is without hurt or offence; and although Hippocrates, Erasistratus, Diocles of old, in the infancy of this art, were content with ordinary simples: yet now, saith
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Nos interim quod, attinet (nec enim immunes ab hac noxa sumus) idem realus manet, idem nobis, et si non multo gravius, crimen objici potest: nostra enim culpa sit, nostra incuria, nostra avaritia, quod tam frequentes, foedaeque fiant in
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Sikwanabo oonoteksi, abaphathwa okwemigqakhwe, ziyafikeleleka ngokwamaxabiso, zifumaneka lula, zibeka abakhweli emasangweni, kodwa noxa kunjalo abaxhaswa ngemali ngu-Rulumente.
SPEECH BY ND MBOMBO ON BUDGET VOTE 33: PUBLIC TRANSPORT 17 June 2004 2004
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Somlomo, noxa sele umde umgama esiwuhambileyo ukuphucula intlalo yabantu nokuvula amathuba, ndifuna ukukhumbuza le ndlu ukuba sisenoxanduvaolukhulu singoomama kwanootata.
WOMEN CELEBRATING A DECADE OF FREEDOM ON THE PATH TO TOTAL EMANCIPATION: WOMEN, LAND AND WATER 2004
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[288] _Obnoxius_, 'subject to a punishment,' or 'to be injured (_noxa_);' hence, figuratively, 'bound,' 'dependent.'
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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[199] _Innoxius_ has a twofold meaning, one active, 'one who does no harm' (_noxa_), and a passive, 'one who is not injured,' 'one to whom no harm is done,' _qui non afficitur noxa_, and in this latter sense it is used in this passage.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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There can be no doubt that he and others whom he quotes are right, that it is derived from _noxa_ or _noxia_ in Latin, meaning "strife."
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At non tam morbi caufa doleoque gemoquei Quoddam etenim ex morbo noxa piamen liabet, iQuam metuo abjeftus, nequis dum tot nala noftra Confpieit « oflenfo corruat inde pede. iNam permulta malis hifultat turba piorum,
Analysis operum S.S. patrum et scriptorum ecclesiasticorum 1790
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