NURSE Copy link • NURSE 1. s. One who tends children, nutrix; nutricula (diminutively): to be nurse to anyone, nutricem esse alicui, aliquem nutricari: to have a nurse for a child, puero nutricem adhibere: the office or duty of a nurse, nutricationis munus (Gell., 12, 1): a nurse’s wages, nutricia, -orum, neuter (Ulp., Dig., 50, 13, 1, extr.); nutricis merces (after Cic., ad Div., 16, 14, 1, medici merces). One who tends the sick, cujus curae custodiaeque (aegrotus) aliquis mandatus est (Plin., Ep., 1, 19, init.): assidens (Plin., Ep., 1, 22, 11): to be a nurse to anyone, alicui or alicujus valetudini assidere (see Sick-bed). 2. v. PROP., nutrire (general term): mammis nutrire: nutricare (Plaut.): to nurse her own child, aliquem lacte suo nutrire (Gell., 12, 1; i. e., not to employ a wet-nurse): aliquem uberibus alere (with milk, not with farinaceous or any other food; of women and animals). Every mother nurses her own child, sua quemque mater uberibus alit (Tac., Germ., 20): alere (to support existence by any means). Figuratively, nutrire (e.g., amorem, Ov.): sustentare et alere: alere et sustentare (cherish and support): fovere (cherish; e.g., spem; parvulos): augere (increase). To tend a sick person, nutrire (aegrum, Cels.): aegrotum curare: aegroto assidere.