tius

nūtrīcĭus and -tĭus, a, um, adj. [nutrix], that suckles, nourishes, nurses.

I.

Adj.:

quis Faustulum nescit pastorem fuisse nutricium, qui Romulum et Remum educavit?

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9:

nutriciae curae,

Arn. 2, 58:

humus radices tenero velut nutricio sinu recipit,

Col. 3, 13, 7.—

II.

Subst.

A.

nūtrīcĭus, ii, m., a bringer up, a tutor:

erat in procuratione regni, propter aetatem pueri, nutricius ejus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 107; Inscr. Orell. 2964.—Also, transf.:

Favonius afflatu nutricium exercebit,

Plin. 18, 34, 67, § 337.—

B.

nūtrī-cĭa, ae, f., a nurse, governess, tutoress, Hier. Ep. 108, n. 30.—

C.

nūtrīcĭum, ii, n., a nursing; nourishment:

illius pio maternoque nutricio aeger convalui,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2:

nutricia ducere ab aliquo,

Arn. 5, 163:

omnia infantum nutricia,

Manil. 3, 133.—

2.

In plur.: nūtrīcĭa, ōrum, n., a nurse's wages, ta threptêria (late Lat.), Dig. 50, 13, 1 fin.