alitum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alitus, alitus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
nourishment, sustenance; support;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →ales, (gen.), alitis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
winged, having wings; swift/quick; [ales deus => Mercury; ales puer => Cupid];
gen. pl. (all) - 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. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →ales, alitis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bird; (esp. large); winged god/monster; omen/augury; [regia ales => eagle];
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...tria, ornithones, leporaria, piscinae. Nunc ornithonas dico omnium alitum, quae intra parietes villae solent pasci. Leporaria te accipere..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...hostibus ille vias. LXI. Attagenae. Inter sapores fertur alitum primus Ionicarum gustus attagenarum. LXII. Gallinae altiles. Pascitur..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...incolae memorant, nec deinde coetu hominum aut circumvolitantium alitum territam pulsamve, donec Otho se ipse interficeret; tum ablatam..."
