alimentum
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from alō (“I nourish, sustain”) + -mentum (“instrument, medium”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.liˈmen.tum/, [älʲɪˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.liˈmen.tum/, [äliˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
[edit]alimentum n (genitive alimentī); second declension
- food, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions
- Synonyms: vīctus, nūtrīmentum, pābulum, alimōnia, alimōnium
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.401–402:
- prīma Cerēs homine ad meliōra alimenta vocātō
mūtāvit glandēs ūtiliōre cibō.- Having called man to better nourishment, Ceres first
exchanged acorns with more useful food.
(See Ceres (mythology).)
- Having called man to better nourishment, Ceres first
- prīma Cerēs homine ad meliōra alimenta vocātō
- obligation to one's parents
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | alimentum | alimenta |
genitive | alimentī | alimentōrum |
dative | alimentō | alimentīs |
accusative | alimentum | alimenta |
ablative | alimentō | alimentīs |
vocative | alimentum | alimenta |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “alimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- Latin terms suffixed with -mentum
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin terms with quotations
- la:Foods