alantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alo, alere, alui, alitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop;
pl. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...ouium lacte haedi aut caprarum agni alantur, constat ferme in his lanam duriorem, in illis capillum gigni teneriorem..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...bestiae quidem, quas delectationis causa concludimus, cum copiosius alantur, quam si essent liberae, facile patiuntur sese contineri motusque..."