almum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →almus, alma, almum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
nourishing, kind, propitious; of a nurse/breast, providing nurture, fostering;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...anceps pectora dux crebro gemitu quatit, optat et almum iam iubar et certi tandem discriminis horas. tunc defixa..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nunc respice saltem) quaeritur.' intendit pronis dea curribus almum sidus et admoto monstrauit funera cornu. apparent campi Thebaeque..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...colit hospes Acestes. praeterea, si nona diem mortalibus almum Aurora extulerit radiisque retexerit orbem, prima citae Teucris ponam..."Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...coepit oliuae: "Nascere, praeque diem ueniens age, Lucifer, almum, coniugis indigno Nysae deceptus amore dum queror, et diuos..."