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(adj.Subst.) : nūtrīcĭus and -tĭus, a, um, adj. nutrix
* That suckles, nourishes, nurses.
* Adj.: quis Faustulum nescit pastorem fuisse nutricium, qui Romulum et Remum educavit?Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9: nutriciae curae,Arn. 2, 58: humus radices tenero velut nutricio sinu recipit,Col. 3, 13, 7.
* Subst.
* Nūtrīcĭus, ii, m., a bringer up, a tutor: erat in procuratione regni, propter aetatem pueri, nutricius ejus,Caes. B. C. 3, 107; Inscr. Orell. 2964.—Also, transf.: Favonius afflatu nutricium exercebit,Plin. 18, 34, 67, § 337.
* Nūtrī-cĭa, ae, f., a nurse, governess, tutoress, Hier. Ep. 108, n. 30.
* Nūtrīcĭum, ii, n., a nursing; nourishment: illius pio maternoque nutricio aeger convalui,Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2: nutricia ducere ab aliquo,Arn. 5, 163: omnia infantum nutricia,Manil. 3, 133.
* In plur.: nūtrīcĭa, ōrum, n., a nurse's wages, τὰ θρεπτήρια (late Lat.), Dig. 50, 13, 1 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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