altrice
Dictionary entries
- Entry →altrix, altricis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
nourisher, sustainer; wet nurse, nurse; foster mother; motherland, homeland;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...undae: sacrum amnem, sacrum (et miser experiere!) deumque altrices inrumpis aquas.' nihil ille, sed ibat comminus; opposuit cumulo..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...luctu orba habeo, fixum matri inmotumque manebat hac altrice nefas; ~atquin et blandus ad illam nate magis solam..."- P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...primum fecit quinquennia, montes deseruit patrios Idaque altrice relicta ignotis errare locis, ignota videre flumina gaudebat, studio minuente..."