alimentum

alimentum ī, n

alo, nourishment, nutriment, aliment : corporis: alimentum famae, Ta.—Plur, food, provisions: miseranda, Ta.: flammae, fuel , O.: lacrimae ei alimenta fuere, tears were his food , O.— The return due to parents from children , C.— Fig., food : vitiorum, O.: addidit alimenta rumoribus, support , L.