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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nux</b>: nŭcis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 40 P.), f. etym. dub., a [[nut]]. At weddings it [[was]] [[customary]] to [[strew]] nuts on the [[floor]]: sparge, marite, nuces, Verg. E. 8, 30; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. ad E. 8, 30; Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86; Mart. 5, 135. Nutshells were used in coloring the [[hair]]: viridi cortice [[tincta]] nucis, Tib. 1, 8, 44. Nuts were strewn at the [[festival]] of [[Ceres]], Sinn. [[Capito]] ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. Children played [[with]] nuts, Suet. Aug. 83; Cat. 61, 131; [[hence]], prov.: nuces relinquere, to [[give]] up [[childish]] sports, to betake one's [[self]] to the [[serious]] [[business]] of [[life]], to [[throw]] [[away]] [[our]] rattles, Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, a [[nutshell]]: tene amatorem esse [[inventum]] inanem [[quasi]] cassam nucem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137.—Fig. of a [[thing]] of no [[value]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 36 ( = res vel vilissima); cf.: non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[fruit]] [[with]] a [[hard]] [[shell]] or [[rind]]: nux amara, a [[bitter]] almond, Cels. 3, 10; so Col. 7, 13; Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26: castaneae nuces, chestnuts, Verg. E. 2, 52: nux [[pinea]], Macr. S. 2, 6, 1; the [[fruit]] of the [[tithymalus]], Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[nut]]-[[tree]]: [[inter]] [[primas]] germinant [[ulmus]], [[salix]], nuces, Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 97; Liv. 24, 10; Juv. 11, 119.—Poet., an almond-[[tree]], Verg. G. 1, 187.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nux</b>,¹¹ nŭcis, f., tout fruit à écale et à amande : Plin. 15, 26 ; 26, 66 ; Virg. B. 2, 52 ; Cels. Med. 3, 7, 10 ; Col. Rust. 7, 13 &#124;&#124; noix : Cic. de Or. 2, 265 ; 266 ; Virg. B. 8, 30 ; Plin. 15, 86 ; Mart. 5, 84, 1 ; nuces relinquere Pers. 1, 10, cesser de jouer aux noix, renoncer aux jeux de l’enfance &#124;&#124; noyer : Plin. 16, 97 ; Liv. 24, 18 ; Juv. 11, 119 &#124;&#124; amandier : Virg. G. 1, 187.||noix : Cic. de Or. 2, 265 ; 266 ; Virg. B. 8, 30 ; Plin. 15, 86 ; Mart. 5, 84, 1 ; nuces relinquere Pers. 1, 10, cesser de jouer aux noix, renoncer aux jeux de l’enfance||noyer : Plin. 16, 97 ; Liv. 24, 18 ; Juv. 11, 119||amandier : Virg. G. 1, 187.
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{{Georges
|georg=nux, [[nucis]], Genet. Plur. nucum, f. (ahd. [h]nuz), I) die [[Nuß]], sowohl welsche [[als]] Haselnuß, A) eig., Liv. u.a.: [[abellana]], Plin. u. Edict. Diocl.: [[iuglans]], Plin.: escaria, Marc. Emp.: [[nux]] longa, [[quae]] vocatur [[Albana]], Priap. – [[als]] [[Spielzeug]] der Kinder, pueri, [[qui]] [[tam]] parentibus amissis flebunt [[quam]] nucibus, Sen. – Sprichw., nuces relinquere, die Kinderschuhe [[ablegen]], Pers. 1, 10: [[nux]] cassa, eine taube [[Nuß]] = wertlose [[Kleinigkeit]], Plaut. Pseud. 371. Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 5, 36: so [[auch]] vitiosa [[nux]], Plaut. mil. 316. – B) übtr.: jede [[mit]] [[einer]] harten [[Schale]] bedeckte Obstfrucht, castaneae nuces, Verg.: amara [[nux]], bittere [[Mandel]], Cels. – II) der [[Nußbaum]], Verg. u. Liv.
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