alumni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alumnus, alumna, alumnum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
nourished, brought up; reared/fostered by; native, brought up locally;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →alumnus, alumni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
nursling, young animal/plant; ward, protegee; native daughter; nurse, mother;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...caput ostendebat aselli, ad quod lasciui ludebant ruris alumni. [tales ergo cibi qualis domus atque supellex.] tunc rudis..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pandebat ultro, tam piis felix parens et tuta alumnis. Alia sed suboles minus conspecta mitis * * * * * * Tertium sollers genus..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...asper Iason et simul Aeacidae simul et Calydonis alumni Nelidesque Idasque prior quae maxima surgunt nomina, sed nudo..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nunc induit aestus harenas. expirat late pubes Tirynthia, alumni exuuias imitata dei; trux maeret ab astris Amphitryoniades Nemeaea..."Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...clamabat, 'numina Thebis statis? ubi infandae segnes telluris alumni, Bacchus et Alcides? piget instigare minores: tu potius uenias..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...flebile Thebae. et nunc eximii regum, quibus Argos alumnis conexum caelo, quorumque ingentia tellus Aonis et Tyriae suspirant..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fatalia nobis litora, et inde nefas. florebat diues alumnis terra, nec illa Samo fama Deloue sonanti peior..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...deus; non fortibus illa infecunda uiris famaue inmanis alumni degenerat, sed lapsa situ fortuna, neque addunt robur opes..."