nutrirent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nutrio, nutrire, nutrivi, nutritus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
suckle. breast feed; nourish/feed/fuel, supply, build up; preserve, look after;; rear/raise; foster/encourage; tend/treat (wound/sick person); deal gently with;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...induruit; non potest recipere rationem, non potest nutrire. 'At cupit ipse.' Noli credere. Non dico illum mentiri tibi..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...posset autem tam multa tantoque se ipsa maiora nutrire, nisi plena esset animae, quam per diem ac noctem..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...roburque, cui se uni dicauerunt, maiore temporis parte nutrire, ita nobis, animum ad rerum ciuilium certamen parantibus..."