ălĭmōnĭa, ae, f. [alo] (ante- and postclass. for alimentum),
nourishment , food , sustenance , support : quaestus alimoniae, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 1: naturalis, Gell. 17, 15, 5: flammae, fuel , Prud. Cath. 5, 19; Ap. Met. 2, 3, 4; in alimoniam ignis, for the food of the burnt-offering , Vulg. Lev. 3, 16; ib. 1 Macc. 14, 10.