Nux, nucis, f. g. Plinius. All frnites that haue an harde shell. A nutte.Cortex viridis nucis. Tibul. Basilica nux. Plin. A wallnut.Auellana nux.A silbeard or hasill nut.Fœtur nucis.Virg. Castancæ. nuces. Virg.Nux Græca. Colum. An almond.Nux Heracleotica.Macrob.A chestnnt.Nuces iuglandes. Plin. Walinuts.Minimæ nuces. louenal. Nux mollusca.Macrob.A peach.Nuces pineæ. Martial. Pine apples.Nuci persica. Martial. A peach.Nux Pontica.Macrob.An hasill nut.Nux Prænestina, Idem.Macrob.Nux Thasia.Macrob.An Almond.Cassa nuce, Vide CASSVS. Conficere nucem, Vide CONFICIO.Annosam si fortè nucem deiecent Eurus. Iuuenal. An olde nut tree. Da nuces pueris Catull. Qui è nuce nucleom esse vult, frangat nucem.Plaut.He that will ente the nut, let him breake the shell.Frangere nucem.Cic.To craeke a nut.Legere nuces.Cic.To gather nuts.Ludere nucibus. Catull. To play at the toppe castell, or other games with nuts. Nuces relinquere. Pers. To leaue thildish pastimes.Spargere nuces.Virg.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
nux, nŭcis (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.—II.Transf.A.A fruit with a hard shell or rind: nux amara,
