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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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uagae lunaribus aestuet horis,flammiger an Titan, ut alentes hauriat undas, 415erigat Oceanum fluctusque ad sidera ducat,quaerite..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...corporibus, sed illo dico uitali et uegeto et alente omnia. Hunc nisi haberet, quomodo tot arbustis spiritum infunderet..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...auditis ac diuinum esse eum, inuicem mutuum alentes stuporem, adfirmatis.' XXVII. Ecce Socrates ex illo carcere quem intrando..."