nutrio

See also: nutrió

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European *snew-tr-ih₂ (female nurser), from a root *snew- (to suckle), which may be related to *(s)neh₂- (to flow). Cognate with Sanskrit प्रस्नौति (prasnauti, to drip, to release liquids), प्रस्नुत (prasnuta, releasing mother's milk). Appurtenance of Ancient Greek νάω (náō, to flow, to stream) is difficult and requires additional assumptions.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

nūtriō (present infinitive nūtrīre, perfect active nūtrīvī or nūtriī, supine nūtrītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to suckle, breastfeed, nurse
  2. to feed
    Synonyms: alō, sagīnō, pāscō, pāscor, sustentō, foveō
    • Statius, Thebaid.
      pervigilemque focis ignem longaeva sacerdos nutriet
      And an aged priestess shall feed an un-sleeping fire

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: nutrire
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nūtrīx (> Derivatives > nūtrīre)”, 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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.trjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -utrjɔ
  • Syllabification: nu‧trio

Noun

nutrio

  1. vocative singular of nutria