nux

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

nux nucis, f

a nut: Sparge, marite, nuces (a custom at weddings), V.: te cassā nuce pauperet, i. e. the merest trifle, H.: nux ornabat mensas, the dessert, H.: castaneae nuces, chestnuts, V.—A nut- tree: tacta de caelo, L., Iu.—Singcollect.: Hic nux, O.—An almond-tree, V.

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