almus, alma, almum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
nourishing, kind, propitious; of a nurse/breast, providing nurture, fostering;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | almus | almi |
| Gen. | almi | almorum |
| Dat. | almo | — |
| Acc. | almum | almos |
| Voc. | alme | almi |
| Abl. | almo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alma | almae |
| Gen. | almae | almarum |
| Dat. | almae | — |
| Acc. | almam | almas |
| Voc. | alma | almae |
| Abl. | alma | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | almum | alma |
| Gen. | almi | almorum |
| Dat. | almo | — |
| Acc. | almum | alma |
| Voc. | almum | alma |
| Abl. | almo | — |
Examples
- T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...minora corpora sunt quam de quibus est liquor almus aquarum? et quamvis subito per colum vina videmus perfluere..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...canoris, et Venerem certis repetunt armenta diebus; parturit almus ager Zephyrique tepentibus auris laxant arua sinus; superat tener..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...delectat agrestes; omnia tunc florent, florumque coloribus almus ludit ager, neque adhuc virtus in frondibus ulla est. transit..."