alentem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...magna vi distraheretur a corpore. 'Ignis qui alentem materiam occupavit aqua et interdum ruina exstinguendus est: ille..." 
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...implet nec labor adsiduus nec spes sua fallit alentem iamque videt primam tenero de vertice frondem, cum subito..."