Meaning of nux | Babel Free

Definitions

1. nut
   declension-3, feminine
2. nut tree
   declension-3, feminine
3. a fruit with a hard shell or rind
   declension-3, feminine
4. a thing of no value
   declension-3, feminine, figuratively
5. almond tree
   declension-3, feminine, poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“Inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces.”

Among the first to sprout are the elm, the willow, and the nut tree.

“nux amara”

a bitter almond

“castaneae nuces”

chestnuts

“nux pinea”

the fruit of the tithymalus

“Nōn ego tuam empsim vītam vitiosā nuce.”

I should not have bought your life with a vicious worthless thing.

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