nurse (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A woman having the care and nurture of children1. nūtrix, īcis (one that gives suck; a wet-nurse)2. (?) assa (dry-nurse; a woman who simply takes charge of children, without giving them suck)3. nūtrīcia (in wider sense, a woman who nurtures and rears)4. altrix, īcis (one who rears)II. Fig.1. altrix2. nūtrixIII. One who attends to a sick person • nurse (subs.): I. A woman having the care and nurture of children: 1. nūtrix, īcis (one that gives suck; a wet-nurse): to employ n.s (to suckle) an infant, puero nutrices adhibere, Gell. 12, 1: Cic.: she-goat, n. of Jove, capra, n. Jovis, Ov. F. 5, 127: Virg. (From Quint. 1, 1, 4, it appears that the nutrix had the care of children in infancy generally, as with us.) Dimin., nutrīcula (without diff. of meaning): Suet. Aug. 94, med.: Hor.: n.s' tales, fabulae nutricularum, Quint. 1, 9, 2. 2. (?) assa (dry-nurse; a woman who simply takes charge of children, without giving them suck): Juv. 14, 208 (vetulae assae, superannuated n.s). 3. nūtrīcia (in wider sense, a woman who nurtures and rears): Hier. Ep. 108: cf. foster-father. 4. altrix, īcis (one who rears): v. nurturer. Phr.: n.'s wages, nutricia, orum: Ulp. Dig. 50, 13, 14: as long as children require a n., quoad infantes uberibus aluntur, Dig. l. c. II. Fig.: she that cherishes, fosters, in any way: 1. altrix: v. nurturer. 2. nūtrix: Juba's land, parched n. of lions, Jubae tellus arida n. leonum, Hor. Od. 1, 22, 15. III. One who attends to a sick person: expr. by assĭdeo, 2: cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 82, habes qui assideat, fomenta paret: v. to nurse (IV.).
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.).
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.