nutrix
Latin
Etymology
From earlier *nūtrītrīx, from nūtriō (“I suckle”) + -trīx (“feminine agent-noun suffix”), with haplology simplifying -trītrī- to trī.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.triːks/
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nūtrīx | nūtrīcēs |
| Genitive | nūtrīcis | nūtrīcum |
| Dative | nūtrīcī | nūtrīcibus |
| Accusative | nūtrīcem | nūtrīcēs |
| Ablative | nūtrīce | nūtrīcibus |
| Vocative | nūtrīx | nūtrīcēs |
Descendants
- → English: nurse
- French: nourrice
- Italian: nutrice
- Norman: nouôrriche (Jersey)
- Portuguese: nutriz
- Spanish: nodriza
References
- nutrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nutrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nutrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- nutrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to imbibe error from one's mother's breasts: errorem cum lacte nutricis sugere (Tusc. 3. 1. 2)
- to imbibe error from one's mother's breasts: errorem cum lacte nutricis sugere (Tusc. 3. 1. 2)
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