nux
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
nux (genitive nucis); f, third declension
- A nut
- A nut-tree
- Inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces.
- A fruit with a hard shell or rind
- Nux amara.
- A bitter almond.
- Castaneae nuces.
- Nux pinea.
- The fruit of the tithymalus.
- Nux amara.
- (figuratively) a thing of no value
- Non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce.
- I should not have bought your life with a vicious worthless thing.
- Non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce.
- (poetic) an almond tree
[edit] Usage notes
- At weddings it was customary to strew nuts on the floor.
- Nutshells were used in colouring the hair.
- Viridi cortice tincta nucis.
- With a fresh colored nut rind.
- Viridi cortice tincta nucis.
- Nuts were strewn at the festival of Ceres.
- Children played with nuts, which is why nuces relinquere means to "give up childish sports", "to betake one's self to the serious business of life" and "to throw away our rattles".
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nux | nucēs |
| genitive | nucis | nucum |
| dative | nucī | nucibus |
| accusative | nucem | nucēs |
| ablative | nuce | nucibus |
| vocative | nux | nucēs |
[edit] Synonyms
- (a thing of no value): res vel vilissima
[edit] Derived terms
- in nuce (in a nutshell)
- nuces relinquere
- nux cassa (a nutshell)
- Tene amatorem esse inventum inanem quasi cassam nucem.
- nux indica
- nux muscata
- nux vomica
