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Latin
Etymology
alimentō + -tiō; in the legal sense an ellipsis of alimentātiō prōlis (“sustenance of the child”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alimentātiō f (genitive alimentātiōnis); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- feeding, sustenance
- Synonym: alimentum
- (England, law) child support
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- alimentatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “alimentatio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC