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
- G
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..." - P
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..."