nūtrīcŭla (noun F) : dim.id.
* A nurse.
* Lit.: quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno?Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8; Suet. Aug. 94: fabulae nutricularum,Quint. 1, 9, 2.
* Transf., she who nourishes, maintains, preserves a thing: nutriculae praediorum,Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 12: Gellius nutricula seditiosorum,id. Vatin. 2, 4: nutricula causidicorum Africa,Juv. 7, 148: casa nutricula,in which one was brought up,Quint. Decl. 13, 4.