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See also: Nüx
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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). De Vaan argues that the root is a post-Proto-Indo-European loan, and suggests it is also found in nūgae (“trifles”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nux f (genitive nucis); third declension
- a nut
- a nut tree
- Inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces.
- Among the first to sprout are the elm, the willow, and the nut tree.
- a fruit with a hard shell or rind
- Nux amara.
- A bitter almond.
- Castaneae nuces.
- Nux pinea.
- The fruit of the tithymalus.
- (figurative) a thing of no value
- (poetic) an almond tree
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | 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”)
- nuceus
- nucicla
- nucifer
- nucifrangibulum
- nucinus
- nucipersicum
- nuciprūnum
- nucleus
- nucunculus
- nucāmenta
- nucēs relinquō (“I give up childish sports”)
- nucētum
- nux cassa (“nutshell”)
- nux indica
- nux muscata
- nux vomica
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *nocem (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nŭx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 257
- ^ 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[edit]
- “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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /nu˦˨/
- Tone numbers: nu4
- Hyphenation: nux
Noun[edit]
nux (1957–1982 spelling nuч)
Derived terms[edit]
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