nux
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *knu-, *kneu- (cf. Irish cnó, English nut, Albanian nyç (“a gnarl”)).
Noun[edit]
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
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nux | nucēs |
| genitive | nucis | nucum |
| dative | nucī | nucibus |
| accusative | nucem | nucēs |
| ablative | nuce | nucibus |
| vocative | nux | nucēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (a thing of no value): res vel vilissima
Derived terms[edit]
- in nuce (“in a nutshell”)
- nuces relinquo (“I give up chilish sports”)
- nux cassa (“nutshell”)
- nux indica
- nux muscata
- nux vomica
- nucleus
