nurse (v.) Copy link Outline I. To suckleII. To carry in the arms1. gesto, 1 cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 24, quem ego puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi meis, i. e. n.d or dandled him in the arms2. fŏveo, fōvi, tum, 2 (with tender care and affection)III. To rearIV. To attend to the wants of an invalid1. assĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (with dat.)2. nūtrio, 43. perh. fŏveo • nurse (v.): I. To suckle: nūtrio, 4: I have no doubt she will n. her own infant, nihil dubito quin filium lacte suo nutritura sit, Gell. 12, 1, init. Phr.: not to n. her own infant, puero nutricem adhibere, ib.: to be still n.d (not yet weaned), uberibus ali, Ulp. Dig. 50, 13, 14. II. To carry in the arms: 1. gesto, 1 cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 24, quem ego puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi meis, i. e. n.d or dandled him in the arms: cf. Lact. 3, 22, extr., infantium gestationes, the nursing of babies. 2. fŏveo, fōvi, tum, 2 (with tender care and affection): cf. Aen. 1, 718, gremio f.: v. to fondle. III. To rear: ălo, nūtrio: v. to nourish, nurture. IV. To attend to the wants of an invalid: 1. assĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (with dat.): requiring to be supplemented by other and more definite exprr.: cf. Tac. Agr. 45, assidere valetudini, fovere deficientem: Hor. S. 1, 1, 82, assidere, fomenta parare: also Ov. Her. 19 (20), 133, me miserum, quod non medicorum jussa ministro, effingoque manus, insideoque toro. 2. nūtrio, 4: the care of n.ing, cura nutriendorum corporum, Liv. 4, 52 (but this is a rare use; the word strictly referring to the supply of nutriment: cf. Cels. 3, 23, aegrum n. per eos cibos ..., etc.). 3. perh. fŏveo: v. supr. (I.).