alimentum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alimentum n (genitive alimentī); second declension

1. food, nourishment, sustenance
2. 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

Synonyms

• (food, nourishment): alimōnia, alimōnium

Related terms

• alimentārius
• alimōnia
• alimōnium
• alō

Descendants

• Catalan: aliment
• English: aliment
• French: aliment
• Galician: alimento
• Italian: alimento
• Mirandese: alimiento
• Occitan: aliment
• Portuguese: alimento
• 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.