foster-father Copy link Outline 1. nutricius (-tius)2. nutrītor3. altor • foster-father: 1. nutricius (-tius): on account of the minority of the boy, his f., a eunuch named Pothinus, acted as regent, erat in procuratione regni, propter aetatem pueri, n. ejus, nomine Pothinus, Caes. B. C. 3, 108: Varr. 2. nutrītor: Suet. Gr. 7. 3. altor: Bacchus, rejoicing to regain his f. (Silenus), gaudens a. recepto Bacchus, Ov.: v. nourisher.
FOSTER-FATHER Copy link • FOSTER-FATHEReducator et altor (after Cic., De N.D., 2, 34, init.): foster-father and mother, educatores et altores (after Cic., De N.D., 2, 34, in.).