nursing (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Careful attention to the sick • nursing (subs.).: I. Lit.: supplying infants from the breast: nūtrīcātio: Gell. 12, 1, init. Or expr. by verb: v. to nurse (I.). II. Careful attention to the sick: nūtrīcium (rare): through her affectionate, motherly n. I recovered from a long illness, illius pio maternoque n. per longum tempus aeger convalui, Sen. Cons. Helv. 17, 1. Or expr. by circuml.: nothing is more essential than good n., *nihil aegris magis necessarium, quam ut assideat aliquis et sedulo omnia praebeat quae opus sint; omnia quae ad valetudinem fovendam pertinent assidue praebeat.