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
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..."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..."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..."