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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."