nutricius

Latin

Etymology

From nūtrīc- (“nurse”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuːˈtriː.ki.us/, [nuːˈt̪riːkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nuˈtri.t͡ʃi.us/, [nuˈt̪riːt͡ʃius]

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

• nūtrīcia
• nūtrīciō
• nūtrīcium

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.