Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.nourishing, affording nourishment, cherishing (poet. epithet of Ceres, Venus, and other patron deities of the earth, of light, day, wine, etc.; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 4, 13).—Hence, genial, restoring, reviving, kind, propitious, indulgent, bountiful, etc.: O Fides alma, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Trag. v. 410 Vahl.): “nutrix,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79: “Venus,” Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 4, 15, 31: “mater terra,” Lucr. 2, 992; 5, 231 al.: “Ceres,” Verg. G. 1, 7: “Phoebe,” id. A. 10, 215: “Cybele,” id. ib. 10, 220: “ager,” id. G. 2, 330: “vites,” refreshing, id. ib. 2, 233 al.: “Faustitas,” Hor. C. 4, 5, 18: “Maia,” id. ib. 1, 2, 42: “Musae,” id. ib. 3, 4, 42: “dies,” id. ib. 4, 7, 7: “sol,” id. C. S. 9: “adorea, i.e. gloria, quae virtutem nutrit,” id. C. 4, 4, 41: “Pales,” Ov. F. 4, 722: “sacerdos,” Prop. 5, 9, 51: “ubera,” Stat. Achill. 2, 383 al.