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Meaning of nutrix | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈnuː.triːks]

Definitions

  1. a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother
    declension-3
  2. (anything that provides nutriment and support)
    declension-3
  3. (that which rears, originates, promotes or fosters)
    declension-3, figuratively

Equivalents

English milk-mother Nanny Wet nurse
Kurdî amma
Latina mamma
Svenska amma

Examples

“magna datī nūtrīx praemia lactis habet”

[How] great the rewards of the milk the wet nurse gave. (The she-wolf nurses the twins Romulus and Remus. See wet nurse.)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

nutu nutui nutum nūtus nutuum nux

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