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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la nūtriō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [nuːˈtriː.ki.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [nuˈtriː.t͡ʃi.us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''nūtrīcius''' (feminine nūtrīcia, neuter nūtrīcium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[nūtrīx]] “nurse”, stem ⟨nūtrīc-⟩, or from ⟨nūtrīcō⟩, with the suffix [[-ius]], and is also spelled ⟨nūtrītius⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ⟨Nūtrīx⟩ is from [[nūtriō]] “to nourish”.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of Faustulus, the foster-father of Romulus and Remus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ As an adjective it meant of a nurse, nursing, nourishing, as in Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) As a masculine noun it meant a foster-father, and a child's guardian or tutor, as Caesar's ''nūtrīcius rēgis'' “the king's tutor”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The neuter ''nūtrīcium'' meant the rearing of children or plants, in the plural a wet nurse's fees, and in Seneca tender care.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin a ''nūtrīcius'' or ''nūtrīcia'' was a guardian, a foster-father or foster-mother.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant a mentor or adviser of a young ruler, and also a pupil.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|nutritious]] is recorded from the 1660s, from this word.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro calls Faustulus the ''pāstor nūtrīcius''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of the king's tutor.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of nursing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1660s – English ''nutritious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of a nurse; nursing, nourishing.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # A foster-father; a guardian, [[m|en|tutor]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''nūtrīcium'', rearing, [[m|en|nurture]]; tender care.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A mentor of a young ruler; a pupil.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[nūtrīcia]]
+ * [[nūtrīcium]]
+ * [[nūtrīciō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nūtrīx]]
+ * [[nūtriō]]
+ * [[en|nutritious]]
+ * [[en|nurse]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}