alumna
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alumno, alumnare, alumnavi, alumnatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
nurture, nourish; rear (children), educate; train (animals);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →alumnus, alumna, alumnum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
nourished, brought up; reared/fostered by; native, brought up locally;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →alumna, alumnae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
nursling, young animal/plant; foster-child, ward; native son; disciple, pupil;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...bene merenti sit malo benignitas. nostra haec alumna est, tua profecto filia: *** 762a et redditura est tuam tibi..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...media certabit nata Subura Nec Capitolini collis alumna tibi; Nec cito ridebit peregrini gloria partus, Romanam deceat quam..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Palladiae non infitianda Tolosae gloria, quem genuit Pacis alumna Quies tu qui longa potes dispendia ferre viarum..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...umbra. Nvt. Vox en nostras perculit aures tristis alumnae; 72a cesset thalamis inferre gradus tarda senectus? Oc. Excipe..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...haec ira satis est. Nvt. Pectoris sani parum, alumna, questus comprime et flammas doma; frena dolorem. coniugem ostende..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...mali: uirum sequamur, morte praeuertam nefas. Nvt. Moderare, alumna, mentis effrenae impetus, animos coerce. dignam ob hoc uita..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...mala. libet ire contra. Nutrix Siste furialem impetum, alumna: uix te tacita defendit quies. Medea Fortuna fortes metuit..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...accedere regni, quo Rhodopes non ulla nurus nec alumna niuosi Phasidis innuptis uallata cohortibus iret. tunc mouet arte..."
