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{{Woodhouse1
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<b class="b2">Starting point</b>: P. and V. [[ἀφορμή]], ἡ.
<b class="b2">Beginning</b>: P. and V. [[ἀρχή]], ἡ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nū&#774;clĕus</b>: (nŭcŭlĕus), i, m. for nuculeus, from nux,<br /><b>I</b> a [[little]] [[nut]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[nut]]; applied also to fruits resembling a [[nut]]: [[nucleus]] amygdalae, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42: avellanae, id. 37, 4, 15, § 56: pinearum nucum, id. 15, 10, 9, § 35; cf. [[pineus]], Cels. 2, 22.—Prov.: e nuce nuculeum qui esse vult, frangit nucem, he [[who]] would [[eat]] the [[kernel]] of a [[nut]] breaks the [[nut]], i. e. he [[who]] desires an [[advantage]] should not [[shun]] the [[labor]] of earning it, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 55: nuculeum amisi, retinui pigneri putamina, I [[have]] [[lost]] the [[kernel]] and kept the [[shell]], id. Capt. 3, 4, 122.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[hard]], uneatable [[kernel]], the [[stone]] of fruits: nuculei olivarum, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 188: persicorum, id. 23, 7, 67, § 132: cerasorum, id. 23, 7, 72, § 141: [[lignosus]] [[nucleus]], id. 13, 19, 34, § 112: acini, id. 23, 1, 9, § 13.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[kernel]], the [[inner]] [[part]], [[inside]] of a [[thing]]: [[nucleus]] gallae, Plin. 24, 4, 5, § 10: myrrhae, id. 12, 16, 35, § 70: allii, id. 19, 6, 34, § 111: conchae, pearls, id. 9, 35, 55, § 111.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[kernel]], i. e. the hardest, firmest, [[most]] [[solid]] [[part]] of a [[thing]]: pinguitudinis (terrae), Plin. 17, 6, 4, § 42: ferri, id. 34, 14, 41, § 144; 36, 25, 62, § 187: [[insuper]] ex testā [[nucleus]] inducatur, Vitr. 7, 1.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nŭclĕus</b>,¹³ ī, m. ([[nux]]),<br /><b>1</b> amande de la noix et de fruits à coquille : [prov.] qui e nuce nucleum [[esse]] [[volt]], nucem frangit Pl. Curc. 55, celui qui veut manger l’amande de la noix, [[casse]] la noix &#124;&#124; [fig.] nucleum [[amisi]] Pl. Capt. 655, j’ai laissé échapper l’amande, le meilleur<br /><b>2</b> noyau, pépin : Plin. 37, 188 &#124;&#124; partie intérieure d’une chose : Plin. 24, 10 ; 12, 70 ; conchæ Plin. 9, 111, perle &#124;&#124; [fig.] la partie la [[plus]] [[dure]] d’un corps : Plin. 17, 42 ; 34, 144 ; Vitr. Arch. 7, 1. d. Pl. Curc. 55 les mss donnent nuculeum ou nucleum ; d. Capt. 655 nuculeum Non., nucleum Don.||[fig.] nucleum [[amisi]] Pl. Capt. 655, j’ai laissé échapper l’amande, le meilleur<br /><b>2</b> noyau, pépin : Plin. 37, 188||partie intérieure d’une chose : Plin. 24, 10 ; 12, 70 ; conchæ Plin. 9, 111, perle||[fig.] la partie la [[plus]] [[dure]] d’un corps : Plin. 17, 42 ; 34, 144 ; Vitr. Arch. 7, 1. d. Pl. Curc. 55 les mss donnent nuculeum ou nucleum ; d. Capt. 655 nuculeum Non., nucleum Don.
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{{Georges
|georg=nucleus (u. [[gedehnt]] [[nuculeus]], Plaut. capt. 655 u. Curc. 55), eī, m. (v. [[nux]]), der [[Kern]], I) eig.: a) der eßbare [[Kern]] der [[Nuß]] und ähnlicher Früchte, pinei, Cels.: pinearum nucum, Plin.: amygdalae, Plin.: allii, Knoblauchszehe, Plin. – dah. sprichw., nuculeum [[amisi]], [[retinui]] pignori putamina, Plaut. capt. 655: e nuce nuculeum [[qui]] [[esse]] ([[essen]]) [[vult]], frangit nucem, [[wer]] den [[Vorteil]] will, scheue die Anstrengung [[nicht]], Plaut. Curc. 55. – b) der [[nicht]] eßbare [[Kern]] der Obstfrüchte, mali Persici, Cels.: cerasi, Plin.: acinorum, Plin. – II) übtr., der [[Kern]], d.i. a) das Inwendige, gallae, murrae, Plin. – b) das Härteste [[einer]] [[Sache]], ferri, [[Stahl]], Plin.: der [[Erde]], Plin.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=nucleus nuclei N M :: nucleus, inside of a nut, kernel; nut; central part; hard round mass/nodule
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