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nutrimentum

nutrimentum, nourishment, support

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

nūtrīmentum, ī, n.: nourishment; fuel, 1.176. (nūtriō)
nūtrīmentum, i, n. [nutrio], nourishment, nutriment.
  • I Lit.: per hanc nutrimentorum consuetudinem. Suet. Calig. 9.—
    • B Transf., support, nourishment, etc.: pro nutrimento omni est raritas vulneris, Plin. 17, 23, 36, § 213: suscepitque ignem foliis atque arida circum Nutrimenta dedit, i.e. fuel, Verg. A. 1, 176: nec reddita caro nutrimenta patri, Val. Fl. 6, 571.—
  • II Trop.
    • A In gen., support: eloquentiae, Cic. Or. 13, 42: favoris, Val. Max. 2, 1: truculentiae, Ap. Met. 9, 36, 18.—
    • B In partic.: nūtrīmenta, ōrum, a bringing up, rearing: nutrimentorum ejus locus ostenditur, Suet. Aug. 6.

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