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nūtrīmentum , i, n. nutrio,
I.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,” App. M. 9, p. 234.—
B. In partic.: nūtrīmenta , ōrum, a bringing up, rearing: “nutrimentorum ejus locus ostenditur,” Suet. Aug. 6.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.176
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 6
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 9
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.571
    • Cicero, Orator, 13.42
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.1
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