a shaft taken from a tree toughened by storms

nūtrĭo, īvi and ii, ītum (contr. form, nutrīmus for nutrivimus, Nemes. Ecl. 3, 26:

nutribat for nutriebat,

Verg. A. 11, 572; Sil. 16, 29; so,

nutribant,

Verg. A. 7, 485: nutribo for nutriam, Rhemn. Palaem. 1383; Cledon. 1914.—In the dep. form, nutritor for nutrito, Verg. G. 2, 425; cf. Prisc. p. 798 P.), 4, v. a. [Sanscr. root snu-, flow; Gr. neô (sneWô), swim; cf. nurus], to suckle, nourish, feed, foster, bring up, rear (syn. alere; not in Cic., but v. nutrix and nutrimentum).

Lit.:

quos lupa nutrit,

Ov. F. 2, 415:

nutritus lacte ferino,

id. Tr. 3, 11, 3:

ilignā nutritus glande,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 40:

balaenae mammis nutriunt fetus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 235:

serpente ciconia pullos Nutrit,

Juv. 14, 75: taurus nutritus in herbā, id. 12, 12.—

Transf., to nourish, support, maintain, foster.—Of plants:

terra herbas Nutrit,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

myrtos roscido umore nutrire,

Cat. 61, 25:

nutriri cinere vult ruta,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156:

fruges humo nutriente,

Curt. 8, 10, 8; Petr. 120:

Pax Cererem nutrit,

Ov. F. 1, 704.— Poet.:

Edonis nutritum missile ventis,

a shaft taken from a tree toughened by storms, Val. Fl. 6, 340.—

To nourish, nurse, take care of, attend to the body:

cura corporum nutriendorum,

Liv. 4, 52:

aegrum nutrire per eos cibos, quos, etc.,

Cels. 3, 23:

vires,

id. ib.:

ulcus,

to heal, id. 5, 26:

damnum naturae in filio,

Liv. 7, 4:

morbos,

Cels. 6, 6:

capillum,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82: comam, Hier. in Amos, 8, 9 sq.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 14 sq.:

cutem, mulierum in facie incorruptam,

Plin. 21, 21, 91, § 159.—

Nutrire vinum, to mix wine with spices, in order that it may keep, Col. 12, 30, 1:

nutritum vinum,

id. 12, 21, 3.—

In gen., to preserve:

nutriuntur optime (mensae citreae) splendescuntque, manu siccā fricatae,

Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 99.—

Trop., to nourish, cherish, support, cultivate, sustain:

indoles Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 25:

amorem,

Ov. A. A. 3, 579:

pascere ac nutrire furorem (al. favorem),

Sil. 7, 497:

impetus ille sacer qui vatum pectora nutrit,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 25:

carmen,

id. ib. 3, 4, 26:

artes bonas, praecipue studia litterarum,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, 14:

nummi, quos hic quincunce modesto nutrieras,

Pers. 5, 149:

Graeciam,

i. e. to treat mildly, Liv. 36, 35.—Of fire, to feed:

gnes suscitat foliisque nutrit,

Ov. M. 8, 643; 6, 493:

graves simultates, quas Mucianus callide nutriebat,

Tac. H. 3, 53 fin.:

nimiam ac marcentem diu pacem,

id. G. 36.