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nūtrīx, īcis, f.: a nurse, 1.275. (nūtriō)

nūtrix (old orthogr. notrix, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 16), īcis, f. [nutrio], a wet-nurse, nurse.

I Lit.: omnia minima mansa, ut nutrices infantibus pueris, in os inserant, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162: cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse, id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2: sidera nutricem nutricis fertile cornu Fecit, Ov. F. 5, 127; Verg. A. 4, 632; 5, 645: Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix, Hor. C. 1, 22, 15: gallina nutrix, a hen that has chickens, Col. 8, 11, 13: nutricis tolerare labores, Juv. 6, 593: mater nutrix, a mother that suckles her own infant, Gell. 12, 1, 5; Inscr. Fabr. p. 188, n. 428: est enim illa (oratio) quasi nutrix ejus oratoris, quem informare volumus, Cic. Or. 11, 37: nutricis pallium (prov. of any thing soiled, dirty), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 30 (434).—
- B Transf.
- - 1 She who nourishes or maintains a thing: virgines perpetui nutrices et conservatrices ignis, Arn. 4, 151. —
  - 2 Nutrices, the breasts, Cat. 64, 18.—
  - 3 A piece of ground in which shoots of trees are planted in order to be set out again, a nursery garden, Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 66.—
  - 4 The land that supports a family, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 111 (512).—
II Trop., a nurse: nostramne, ere, vis nutricem, quae nos educat, Abalienare a nobis, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 111 (512): curarum maxima nutrix Nox, Ov. M. 8, 81: Sicilia nutrix plebis Romanae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5: nutrix Discordia belli, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 30.

nūtrīx, trīcis, Genet. Plur. trīcum, f. (nutrio), säugend, ernährend, subst. = Säugerin, Ernährerin, Amme, I) eig.: a) v. Menschen, Ter., Cic. u.a.: cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse, Cic.: mater nutrix, von einer Mutter, die ihr Kind selbst stillt, Gell. – b) von Tieren, capra nutrix Iovis, Ov.: gallina nutrix, die Gluckhenne, Colum.: bona nutrix, vom Geflügel u. von Kühen, Colum.: mutae nutrices, Quint. – c) v. Lebl., Nährerin, Unterhalterin, tellus leonum nutrix, Hor.: so von der Erde als Nährerin der Bäume usw., Plin.: von einem Acker, der jmd. ernährt, Plaut.: virgines perpetui nutrices et conservatrices ignis, Arnob.: poet., nutrices, die Brüste, Catull. 64, 18. – II) übtr., Nährerin, Amme = Beförderin, est illa quasi n. eius oratoris, quem informare volumus, Cic.: curarum maxima n. nox, Ov.: n. discordia belli, Claud.: illa civitas (Athenae) mater aut nutrix liberalium doctrinarum et tot tantorumque philosophorum, Augustin. de civ. dei18, 9. – ➳ Archaist. notrix, Quint. 1, 4, 16.

nutrix [CL] 1 nurse; b (dist. as diurna, sicca); c nourisher, feeder. ~ix ‥ alumnos ‥ refocilans Aldh. Ep. (9) 12 (v. gerulus 3a); solent ‥ ipsae ~ices particulas panis dentibus conficere et inter lactandum parvulorum faucibus minuta massa immittere Bede Cant. 1130; 10‥ altrix vel ~ix, fostermoder WW; domum ‥ obstetricibus et ~icibus refertam Gir. GE II 22; alii dicunt nenias esse cantus ~icum ad sedandos fletus puerorum et ad eos consopiendum Gros. Hexaem. proem. 150; hec ~ix, A. norysch, norys WW. b 1423 ~ix ‥ diurnia (v. diurnus 1b); 1445 cum ‥ concesserimus carissime et dilecte nobis Matillidi Fossebroke quondam sicce ~ici nostre unum dolium vini rubei de Vasconia ‥ citra festum Pasche proximo futurum ‥ Cl 295 m. 17. c quercus erat veterum nutrix fidissima patrum; / successit Cereris lautior usus ei Neckam DS VIII 49. 2 a (w. ref. to the Virgin Mary); b (w. ref. to St. Paul); c (w. ref. to ‘mother Church’); d (mon., w. ref. to abbess). a virgo, nutrix orphanorum Walt. Wimb. Virgo 149. b o sancte Paule, ubi est illa nominata ~ix fidelium, fovens filios suos (w. ref. to 1 Thess. ii 7) Anselm (Or. 10) III 39. c interpretante Jesu genetrix et ~ix ejus sit ecclesia tota pro eo quod in auditione ‥ verbi Dei ipsius portetur utero uberibusque lactetur J. Ford Serm. 71. 2. d Deo devotarum ‥ nutrix ‥ feminarum Bede HE IV 6 p. 219 (v. 2 mater 6). 3 (of land) breeder, producer. de singulis quae terra fovet mortalium ~ix Lib. Monstr. I pref.; c798 Hispania—quae olim tyrannorum ~ix fuit, nunc vero scismaticorum Alcuin Ep. 137 p. 212; ipsa [terra Egypti] ‥ est camelorum ~ix et mater innumerabilium S. Sim. Itin. 44. 4 (fig.) that which promotes or fosters: a (virtue or sim.); b (vice or sim.). a dilectio ‥ / virtutum genitrix, almorum florida nutrix Frith. 455; te ~ix salutis mentis meae ‥ obsecrant ‥ praecordia mea Anselm (Or. 7) III 18; nihil in amicitia fide prestantius que ipsius et ~ix videtur et custos Ailr. Spir. Amicit. III 62. 687; sapiencia ‥ que mater est et ~ix [ME: nurice] omnium virtutum AncrR 145; narracio est fida ~ix sub brevitate sermonum sentenciam applicans subsequentem Dictamen 338. b pigritia ~ix est egestatis et penuriae Bede Prov. 960; nutrix errorum et stulta vocabar Bonif. Aen. (Ignorantia) 320; quae [proximorum derogatio] ‥ est ‥ ~ix malitiae, justitiae jugulatrix Alex. Cant. Dicta 7 p. 143; otiositas ‥ est ‥ omnium malorum parens, libidinis artifex, pervagationum altrix, ~ix vitiorum Ailr. Inst. Inclus. 9; vitiorum ~ix ‥ opulentia Gir. IK I 3 (v. creatrix b); suspicio inquietudinum ~ix J. Ford Serm. 24. 7.

nūtrīx, (10) īcis, f. (nutrio), ¶ 1 nourrice, celle qui allaite, qui nourrit : Cic. de Or. 2, 162 ; Virg. En. 4, 632 ; Hor. O. 1, 22, 15 || celle qui entretient [le feu] : Arn. 4, 151 || pépinière : Plin. 17, 66 || pl. nutrices, seins, poitrine : Catul. 64, 18 ¶ 2 [fig.] nourrice : Cic. Or. 37 ; Verr. 2, 2, 5.

nūtrīx, īcis f (nutrio)

1. voedster, min; ➤ capra ~ Iovis; metaf.: Sicilia ~ populi Romani voorraadschuur; Africa leonum ~; — plur. (Catull.) borsten;
2. (metaf.) voedster, kweekster, broedplaats [oratoris]; ➤ nox ~ curarum; discordia ~ belli.

nutrix , icis. f.
嬭母。乳母。— curarum nox 加慮者即夜也。Nutrices arbores 結吊天機果之樹。

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, Quæ educationem alicujus curat. Charta ann. 1193. apud Cenc. inter Cens. eccl. Rom. : Ego Johannes Nicholai Mariæ Johannis adjunctus curator Odoni, filio dudum Odonis Petri Latronis, cujus domina Luciana avia et Nutrix est. Vide supra Nutritura.

nūtrīx īcis, f

nutrio, a wet-nurse, nurse: puero nutricem adducit, T.: cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse: nutricis labores, Iu.—Fig.: curarum maxima nutrix Nox, O.: plebisR.Sicilia: tellus leonum nutrix, H.: nutrices, the breasts, Ct.

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