alimonia
Latin
Etymology
From alō (“I nourish”, or a related adjectival root) + -mōnia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.liˈmoː.ni.a/, [älʲɪˈmoːniä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.liˈmo.ni.a/, [äliˈmɔːniä]
Noun
alimōnia f (genitive alimōniae); first declension
- food, nourishment
- feeding, nurture
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alimōnia | alimōniae |
| Genitive | alimōniae | alimōniārum |
| Dative | alimōniae | alimōniīs |
| Accusative | alimōniam | alimōniās |
| Ablative | alimōniā | alimōniīs |
| Vocative | alimōnia | alimōniae |
Synonyms
- alimentum
Descendants
- → English: alimony
References
- “alimonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alimonia 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)
- alimonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette