adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
nūtrītōrius
nūtrītōrius (feminine nūtrītōria, neuter nūtrītōrium)
Classical[nuː.triːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[nu.triˈtɔː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveNourishing
Eiusmodi vigor nutritorius in diversis corporis partibus prorsus diverso modo efficitur
Nutritious vigor of this kind is made in a different manner in different parts of the body1859, Carolus Bosse, De gangliorum spinalium vi in nutriendas radices posteriozes nervorum spinalium: - adjectiveBelonging to or related to rearing, nurturing
Augustine, Confessions. quorum si quispiam quasi vilitatem dictorum aspernatus extra nutritorias cunas superba inbecillitate se extenderit
If any of them were to scorn the words of scripture as too humble, and to lean forward out of their nurturing nest in all the weakness of their pride
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūtrītōrius | nūtrītōria | nūtrītōrium |
| genitive | nūtrītōriī | nūtrītōriae | nūtrītōriī |
| dative | nūtrītōriō | nūtrītōriae | nūtrītōriō |
| accusative | nūtrītōrium | nūtrītōriam | nūtrītōrium |
| ablative | nūtrītōriō | nūtrītōriā | nūtrītōriō |
| vocative | nūtrītōrie | nūtrītōria | nūtrītōrium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūtrītōriī | nūtrītōriae | nūtrītōria |
| genitive | nūtrītōriōrum | nūtrītōriārum | nūtrītōriōrum |
| dative | nūtrītōriīs | nūtrītōriīs | nūtrītōriīs |
| accusative | nūtrītōriōs | nūtrītōriās | nūtrītōria |
| ablative | nūtrītōriīs | nūtrītōriīs | nūtrītōriīs |
| vocative | nūtrītōriī | nūtrītōriae | nūtrītōria |
nūtrītōrĭus, a, um, adj. nutritor.
I. Nourishing, nutritive:
lac omne nutritorium est, Theod. Prisc. de Diaet. 3.—II. Of or belonging to bringing up, rearing:
cunae nutritoriae, Aug. Conf. 12, 27.