alimentum

Latin

Etymology

Derived from alō (“I nourish, sustain”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument, medium”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈmen.tum/, [älʲɪˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈmen.tum/, [äliˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

alimentum n (genitive alimentī); second declension

food, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions
Synonyms: vīctus, nūtrīmentum, pābulum, alimōnia, alimōnium
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.401–402:
  prīma Cerēs homine ad meliōra alimenta vocātō
  mūtāvit glandēs ūtiliōre cibō.
  Having called man to better nourishment, Ceres first
  exchanged acorns with more useful food.
  (See Ceres (mythology).)
obligation to one's parents

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alimentum	alimenta
Genitive	alimentī	alimentōrum
Dative	alimentō	alimentīs
Accusative	alimentum	alimenta
Ablative	alimentō	alimentīs
Vocative	alimentum	alimenta

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: aliment
English: aliment
French: aliment
Galician: alimento
Italian: alimento
Mirandese: alimiento
Occitan: aliment
Portuguese: alimento
Romanian: aliment
Spanish: alimento

References

“alimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“alimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
alimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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