altricum
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;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...passu inlabi thalamis, animasque a stirpe recentes abripere altricum gremiis morsuque cruento deuesci et multum patrio pinguescere luctu..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...astris,fluctivagus volucrem comebat Persea Dictys. 95quid referam altricum victas pietate parentes?quid te post cineres deceptaque funera..."