Latin Word of the Day
nux
nut
Definitions
| Latin > English |
| nux |
| 1. n. A nut |
| 2. n. A nut-tree |
| Inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces. |
| 3. n. A fruit with a hard shell or rind |
| Nux amara. |
| A bitter almond. |
| Castaneae nuces. |
| Chestnuts. |
| Nux pinea. |
| The fruit of the tithymalus. |
| 4. n. (figuratively) a thing of no value |
| Non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosa nuce. |
| I should not have bought your life with a vicious worthless thing. |
| 5. n. (poetic) an almond tree |
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