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nurturer

nurturer:

1. nūtrīcius: the shepherd who was the n. of Romulus and Remus, pastor ..nutricius qui Romulum et Remum educavit, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, ad med.: v. FOSTER-FATHER.

2. nūtrītor: Suet. Gr. 7.

3. altor, f. -trix: he remembered his grandfather Phraates and n Caesar, Phraatis avi et altoris Caesaris meminisse, Tac. A. 6, 37, fin. Join educator et altor, Cic. N. D. 2, 34, init. Fig.: the land that had been the n. of Ulysses, terra a. Ulixis, Virg. Aen. 3, 273.

4. ēdŭcātor (which may include intellectual nurture: rare): Cic. Pl. 33, 81 Quint.

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