alimentum

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from alō (“I nourish, sustain”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument, medium”).

Pronunciation

Noun

alimentum n (genitive alimentī); second declension

  1. 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).)
  2. obligation to one's parents

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alimentum alimenta
Genitive alimentī alimentōrum
Dative alimentō alimentīs
Accusative alimentum alimenta
Ablative alimentō alimentīs
Vocative alimentum alimenta

Descendants

References

  • “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.
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