nux

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *knuks, from a root *knu- also found in Proto-Celtic *knūs (source of Irish cnó) and Proto-Germanic *hnuts (source of English nut). Based on the form of the nouns and the restriction of the root to Germanic, Celtic and Italic, it has been argued to be of non-Indo-European origin. De Vaan suggests that it is related to nūgae (trifles).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nux f (genitive nucis); third declension

  1. nut
  2. nut tree
    Inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces.
    Among the first to sprout are the elm, the willow, and the nut tree.
  3. a fruit with a hard shell or rind
    nux amaraa bitter almond
    castaneae nuceschestnuts
    nux pineathe fruit of the tithymalus
  4. (figuratively) a thing of no value
  5. (poetic) almond tree

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nux nucēs
Genitive nucis nucum
Dative nucī nucibus
Accusative nucem nucēs
Ablative nuce nucibus
Vocative nux nucēs

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nux”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420

Further reading

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  • nux”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nux”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nux in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nux in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • nux”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Zhuang

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nux (1957–1982 spelling nuч)

  1. leprosy

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