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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 20 BC–30 AD, Velleius Paterculus|origins=ine-pro *sneu-tr-ih₂-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ɪnˈnuː.tri.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈnuː.tri.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''innūtriō''' (present infinitive innūtrīre, perfect active innūtrīvī, supine innūtrītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|in-|nūtriō|t2=to nourish]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|nūtriō]] as derived from [[itc-pro|*noutrī|t=nurse]] before that noun took the suffix seen in [[m|la|nūtrīx|t=nurse]]; it goes back to [[ine-pro|*sneu-tr-ih₂-|t=female nurser]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Velleius Paterculus writes of someone brought up in heavenly teachings.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It means to bring up or rear in particular surroundings, and is mostly found in the passive with the ablative.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca writes of being born and raised in arms and of the need to dwell on certain minds and be nourished by them;^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Silius Italicus has a youth not to be reared in camps and arms,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Pliny the Younger men brought up on the sea, and Suetonius a man raised in ample wealth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Tacitus uses it of someone reared among the worst examples.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)
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+ Arnobius uses it in an image, and the TLL notes that it often comes close to meaning simply to educate.^(TLL) The ''Codex Theodosianus'' has natives brought up within the borders of their province.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ecclesiastical Latin used it for to nourish.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus uses it of an upbringing.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of being raised in arms.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 25–101 AD – Silius Italicus uses it of being reared in camps.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of a man raised in wealth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 438 AD – The ''Codex Theodosianus'' uses it of natives of a province.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # (with ablative) To [[m|en|rear]], bring up (in particular surroundings); (passive) to grow up in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To [[m|en|nourish]] (in or on something).^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nūtriō]]
+ * [[nūtrīx]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}