nūtrīcātĭo

ōnis, f.

nutrico

I. a suckling, nursing (ante- and post-class.): munus nutricationis grave ac difficile, Gell. 12, 1, 5: puerorum nutricationes, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 27, 18: herbarum, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 4.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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