alimentum

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from alō (“I nourish, sustain”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument, medium”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.lɪˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.liˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === alimentum n (genitive alimentī); second declension food, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions Synonyms: vīctus, nūtrīmentum, pābulum, alimōnia, alimōnium obligation to one's parents ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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.