nutrio Latin · revision 6459

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Catullus|origins=ine-pro *snew-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnuː.tri.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnuː.tri.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nūtriō''' (present infinitive nūtrīre, perfect active nūtrīvī or nūtriī, supine nūtrītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*snoutrjō]], from [[ine-pro|*snew-tr-ih₂|t=female nurser]], from a root [[ine-pro|*snew-|t=to suckle]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) It is related to [[nūtrīx]] “nurse”, and is cognate with [[sa|प्रस्नौति|tr=prasnauti|t=releases liquid]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Catullus, of nourishing plants.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Catullus 81/79–52/50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to suckle, as in Virgil, to feed, nourish people or animals, as Ovid's she-wolf, to treat a patient with a diet, of plants and soil to nourish, as in Catullus, and to feed a fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to bring up a child, rear, as in Virgil, of land to produce crops, as in Horace, and to foster a feeling, as in Propertius.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to tend the sick, as in Livy, to look after things, and to deal gently with faults.^(OLD 2012) Virgil has the old imperfect ''nūtrībat'' and a deponent form.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says [[alō]] is nourishing for growth, ''nūtrīre'' for keeping alive.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to feed, foster, rear, nourish, support.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''nutrire'', French ''nourrir'' and Spanish ''nudrir''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''norriss-'' it is the source of [[en|nourish]] about 1300, and [[en|nurse]] comes through Late Latin *nūtrīcia from ''nūtrīx''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of nourishing plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of suckling and rearing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of tending the sick.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''nourish'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To suckle.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To feed, [[m|en|nourish]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To feed (a fire).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring up, [[m|en|rear]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of land)'' To produce.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To foster, promote.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To tend, treat (the sick); to look after.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[annūtriō]]

+ * [[nūtrīciō]]

+ * [[nūtrīcium]]

+ * [[nūtrīcius]]

+ * [[nūtrīcula]]

+ * [[nūtrīmen]]

+ * [[nūtrīmentālis]]

+ * [[nūtrīmentum]]

+ * [[nūtrītius]]

+ * [[nūtrītor]]

+ * [[nūtrītōrius]]

+ * [[nūtrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alō]]

+ * [[en|nourish]]

+ * [[en|nurse]]

+ * [[en|nutrition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}