"nutrix" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈnuː.triːks/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈnuːt̪riːks] [Classical-Latin], /ˈnu.triks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈnuːt̪riks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier *noutrītrīx, equivalent to nūtriō (“to suckle”) + -trīx (“feminine agent-noun suffix”), with haplology simplifying -trītrī- to -trī-. Etymology templates: {{suf|la|nūtriō|trīx|t1=to suckle|t2=feminine agent-noun suffix}} nūtriō (“to suckle”) + -trīx (“feminine agent-noun suffix”) Head templates: {{la-noun|nūtrīx<3>}} nūtrīx f (genitive nūtrīcis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|nūtrīx<3>}} Forms: nūtrīx [canonical, feminine], nūtrīcis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], nūtrīx [nominative, singular], nūtrīcēs [nominative, plural], nūtrīcis [genitive, singular], nūtrīcum [genitive, plural], nūtrīcī [dative, singular], nūtrīcibus [dative, plural], nūtrīcem [accusative, singular], nūtrīcēs [accusative, plural], nūtrīce [ablative, singular], nūtrīcibus [ablative, plural], nūtrīx [singular, vocative], nūtrīcēs [plural, vocative], noutrix [alternative]
  1. a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-nutrix-la-noun-uFx0irR6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin haplological words, Latin terms suffixed with -trix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female family members, Occupations, Parents Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 59 17 24 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 51 23 26 Disambiguation of Latin haplological words: 59 17 25 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -trix: 59 17 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 8 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 17 24 Disambiguation of Female family members: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 61 18 21 Disambiguation of Parents: 66 15 19
  2. (transferred sense) (anything that provides nutriment and support) Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-nutrix-la-noun-a1ehXFHC
  3. (figuratively) (that which rears, originates, promotes or fosters) Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-nutrix-la-noun-nylfD7sf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nūtrīcius
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nūtrīcius"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nodrice",
            "3": "nudrice",
            "4": "notrice",
            "5": "nutrice",
            "qq3": "archaic",
            "qq4": "latinized"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: nodrice, nudrice, notrice (archaic), nutrice (latinized)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: nodrice, nudrice, notrice (archaic), nutrice (latinized)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "nodriz",
            "3": "nutriz",
            "qq": "latinized"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: nodriz, nutriz (latinized)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: nodriz, nutriz (latinized)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nūtriō",
        "3": "trīx",
        "t1": "to suckle",
        "t2": "feminine agent-noun suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "nūtriō (“to suckle”) + -trīx (“feminine agent-noun suffix”)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *noutrītrīx, equivalent to nūtriō (“to suckle”) + -trīx (“feminine agent-noun suffix”), with haplology simplifying -trītrī- to -trī-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nūtrīx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "noutrix",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nūtrīx<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "nūtrīx f (genitive nūtrīcis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nūtrīx<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 17 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 23 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 17 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin haplological words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 17 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -trix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 8 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 17 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 14 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "la:Female family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 18 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 15 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "la:Parents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[How] great the rewards of the milk the wet nurse gave.\n(The she-wolf nurses the twins Romulus and Remus. See wet nurse.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.422",
          "text": "magna datī nūtrīx praemia lactis habet"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-nutrix-la-noun-uFx0irR6",
      "links": [
        [
          "nurse",
          "nurse"
        ],
        [
          "wet nurse",
          "wet nurse"
        ],
        [
          "milk mother",
          "milk mother"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "(anything that provides nutriment and support)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nutrix-la-noun-a1ehXFHC",
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense) (anything that provides nutriment and support)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(that which rears, originates, promotes or fosters)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nutrix-la-noun-nylfD7sf",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) (that which rears, originates, promotes or fosters)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnuː.triːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuːt̪riːks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnu.triks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuːt̪riks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nutrix"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin haplological words",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -trix",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Female family members",
    "la:Occupations",
    "la:Parents"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nūtrīcius"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nodrice",
            "3": "nudrice",
            "4": "notrice",
            "5": "nutrice",
            "qq3": "archaic",
            "qq4": "latinized"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: nodrice, nudrice, notrice (archaic), nutrice (latinized)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: nodrice, nudrice, notrice (archaic), nutrice (latinized)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "nodriz",
            "3": "nutriz",
            "qq": "latinized"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: nodriz, nutriz (latinized)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: nodriz, nutriz (latinized)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "trīx",
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        "t2": "feminine agent-noun suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "nūtriō (“to suckle”) + -trīx (“feminine agent-noun suffix”)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *noutrītrīx, equivalent to nūtriō (“to suckle”) + -trīx (“feminine agent-noun suffix”), with haplology simplifying -trītrī- to -trī-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nūtrīx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nūtrīcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "noutrix",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nūtrīx<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "nūtrīx f (genitive nūtrīcis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nūtrīx<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[How] great the rewards of the milk the wet nurse gave.\n(The she-wolf nurses the twins Romulus and Remus. See wet nurse.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.422",
          "text": "magna datī nūtrīx praemia lactis habet"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nurse",
          "nurse"
        ],
        [
          "wet nurse",
          "wet nurse"
        ],
        [
          "milk mother",
          "milk mother"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(anything that provides nutriment and support)"
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense) (anything that provides nutriment and support)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(that which rears, originates, promotes or fosters)"
      ],
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        "(figuratively) (that which rears, originates, promotes or fosters)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnuː.triːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuːt̪riːks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnu.triks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuːt̪riks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nutrix"
}

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