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* nŭcella, ae, f. dim. [nux], a little nut, Apic. ap. Barth. Adv. 34, 18.

Nūcĕrĭa, ae, f., the name of several cities.

  1. I. A city in Campania, with the appellation Alfaterna, the modern Nocera, Liv. 9, 41, 3; 23, 15; 27, 3; Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 86; id. Balb. 11, 28.
    Hence,
    1. B. Nūcĕ-rīnus (Nŭc-, Paul. Nol. Carm. 26, 517), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nuceria, Nucerian: ager, Liv. 9, 38.
      In plur.: Nū-cĕrīni, ōrum, m., the Nucerians, Liv. 27, 3.
  2. II. A city in Umbria, now Nocera, whose inhabitants are called Nucerini Favonienses and Camelani, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.

nŭcētum, i, n. [nux], a wood where nut-trees grow, Stat. S. 1, 6, 12; Tert. adv. Valent. 20.

nŭcĕus, a, um, adj. [nux], of a nut-tree: fibulae unde fiant, aridae iligneae, ulmeae, nuceae, ficulneae, etc., Cato, R. R. 31; id. ap. Plin. 16, 39, 75, § 193: virga nucea, Hier. Ep. 53, n. 8.