nutricius

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Latin

Etymology

From nūtrīc- (“nurse”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nūtrīcius (feminine nūtrīcia, neuter nūtrīcium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. that suckles or nurses
  2. nourishing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nūtrīcius nūtrīcia nūtrīcium nūtrīciī nūtrīciae nūtrīcia
Genitive nūtrīciī nūtrīciae nūtrīciī nūtrīciōrum nūtrīciārum nūtrīciōrum
Dative nūtrīciō nūtrīciō nūtrīciīs
Accusative nūtrīcium nūtrīciam nūtrīcium nūtrīciōs nūtrīciās nūtrīcia
Ablative nūtrīciō nūtrīciā nūtrīciō nūtrīciīs
Vocative nūtrīcie nūtrīcia nūtrīcium nūtrīciī nūtrīciae nūtrīcia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: nutrici
  • → English: nutritious
  • → Portuguese: nutrício
  • → Spanish: nutricio

References

  • “nutricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nutricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nutricius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nutricius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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