nurturer Copy link Outline 1. nūtrīcius2. nūtrītor3. altor, f. -trix4. ēdŭcātor (which may include intellectual nurture • nurturer: 1. nūtrīcius: the shepherd who was the n. of Romulus and Remus, pastor ..nutricius qui Romulum et Remum educavit, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, ad med.: v. foster-father. 2. nūtrītor: Suet. Gr. 7. 3. altor, f. -trix: he remembered his grandfather Phraates and n. Caesar, Phraatis avi et altoris Caesaris meminisse, Tac. A. 6, 37, fin. Join: educator et altor, Cic. N. D. 2, 34, init. Fig.: the land that had been the n. of Ulysses, terra a. Ulixis, Virg. Aen. 3, 273. 4. ēdŭcātor (which may include intellectual nurture: rare): Cic. Pl. 33, 81: Quint.