alebantur
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. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...victus (panico enim vetere atque hordeo corrupto omnes alebantur, quod ad huiusmodi casus antiquitus paratum in publicum contulerant..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...servorum, aut qui adesis bonis per dedecus Neronis alebantur, maesti et rumorum avidi. Miles urbanus longo Caesarum sacramento..."