he who would eat the kernel of a nut breaks the nut

nū̆clĕus ( nŭcŭlĕus), i, m. [for nuculeus, from nux], a little nut.

Lit.

A nut; applied also to fruits resembling a nut:

nucleus amygdalae,

Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42:

avellanae,

id. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

pinearum nucum,

id. 15, 10, 9, § 35; cf.

pineus,

Cels. 2, 22.—Prov.: e nuce nuculeum qui esse vult, frangit nucem, he who would eat the kernel of a nut breaks the nut, i. e. he who desires an advantage should not shun the labor of earning it, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 55:

nuculeum amisi, retinui pigneri putamina,

I have lost the kernel and kept the shell, id. Capt. 3, 4, 122.—

The hard, uneatable kernel, the stone of fruits:

nuculei olivarum,

Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 188:

persicorum,

id. 23, 7, 67, § 132:

cerasorum,

id. 23, 7, 72, § 141:

lignosus nucleus,

id. 13, 19, 34, § 112:

acini,

id. 23, 1, 9, § 13.—

Transf.

The kernel, the inner part, inside of a thing:

nucleus gallae,

Plin. 24, 4, 5, § 10:

myrrhae,

id. 12, 16, 35, § 70:

allii,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

conchae,

pearls, id. 9, 35, 55, § 111.—

The kernel, i. e. the hardest, firmest, most solid part of a thing:

pinguitudinis (terrae),

Plin. 17, 6, 4, § 42:

ferri,

id. 34, 14, 41, § 144; 36, 25, 62, § 187:

insuper ex testā nucleus inducatur,

Vitr. 7, 1.

nū̆clĕus ( nŭcŭlĕus), i, m. [for nuculeus, from nux], a little nut.

Lit.

A nut; applied also to fruits resembling a nut:

nucleus amygdalae,

Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42:

avellanae,

id. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

pinearum nucum,

id. 15, 10, 9, § 35; cf.

pineus,

Cels. 2, 22.—Prov.: e nuce nuculeum qui esse vult, frangit nucem, he who would eat the kernel of a nut breaks the nut, i. e. he who desires an advantage should not shun the labor of earning it, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 55:

nuculeum amisi, retinui pigneri putamina,

I have lost the kernel and kept the shell, id. Capt. 3, 4, 122.—

The hard, uneatable kernel, the stone of fruits:

nuculei olivarum,

Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 188:

persicorum,

id. 23, 7, 67, § 132:

cerasorum,

id. 23, 7, 72, § 141:

lignosus nucleus,

id. 13, 19, 34, § 112:

acini,

id. 23, 1, 9, § 13.—

Transf.

The kernel, the inner part, inside of a thing:

nucleus gallae,

Plin. 24, 4, 5, § 10:

myrrhae,

id. 12, 16, 35, § 70:

allii,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

conchae,

pearls, id. 9, 35, 55, § 111.—

The kernel, i. e. the hardest, firmest, most solid part of a thing:

pinguitudinis (terrae),

Plin. 17, 6, 4, § 42:

ferri,

id. 34, 14, 41, § 144; 36, 25, 62, § 187:

insuper ex testā nucleus inducatur,

Vitr. 7, 1.