alimentatio

== Latin == === Etymology === alimentō +‎ -tiō; in the legal sense an ellipsis of alimentātiō prōlis (“sustenance of the child”). === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.li.menˈtat.t͡si.o] === Noun === alimentātiō f (genitive alimentātiōnis); third declension (Medieval Latin) feeding, sustenance Synonym: alimentum (England, law) child support ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === "alimentatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “alimentatio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC