alentes
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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
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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..." - L
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..." - L
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..."