alebat
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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quas esurus erat, sive in hoc tantum illas alebat, ut sic aleret. 3. Quemadmodum domini crudeles tota civitate..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...captivi querelam: iam miser apud piratas non eram; alebat devotum corpus gravior omni fame sagina, et inter dedita..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...parcere parto, sed rami atque asper victu venatus alebat. primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo arma Iovis fugiens..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...viamque adfectat Olympo. Illo Vergilium me tempore dulcis alebat Parthenope studiis florentem ignobilis oti, carmina qui lusi pastorum..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...exspirans castus odores lectulus in molli complexu matris alebat, quales Eurotae praecingunt flumina myrtus aurave distinctos educit verna..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...impleverat annum, dulce ferebat onus tepidique ope lactis alebat. haut procul a stagno Tyrios imitata colores in spem..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lacerans divellere morsu coepit et infelix minuendo corpus alebat.— 'Quid moror externis? etiam mihi nempe novandi est corporis..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arbore ramus; gramen erat circa, quod proximus umor alebat, silvaque sole locum passura tepescere nullo. hic puer..."