alimentatio
Latin
Etymology
alimentō + -tiō; in the legal sense an ellipsis of alimentātiō prōlis (“sustenance of the child”).
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.li.menˈtat.t͡si.o/, [älimen̪ˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
alimentātiō f (genitive alimentātiōnis); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- feeding, sustenance
- Synonym: alimentum
- (England, law) child support
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alimentātiō | alimentātiōnēs |
| Genitive | alimentātiōnis | alimentātiōnum |
| Dative | alimentātiōnī | alimentātiōnibus |
| Accusative | alimentātiōnem | alimentātiōnēs |
| Ablative | alimentātiōne | alimentātiōnibus |
| Vocative | alimentātiō | alimentātiōnēs |
References
- alimentatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, OCLC 1369101