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..."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..."