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
- A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...ouium lacte haedi aut caprarum agni alantur, constat ferme in his lanam duriorem, in illis capillum gigni teneriorem..." - M
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..."