Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 105.alō on page 105
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alere to nourish
alere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to nourish.
Definitions for alere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to nourish, support, sustain, increase, cherish
English derivatives:
alible aliment alimentary alimony coalesce adolescence
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To suckle, nurse, feed (offspring). (b) to supply (a person, etc.) with food, feed. (c) (of the gods, nature, etc.); (also, pass.) to be nurtured, grow. (d) to supply (plants) with nutriment, nourish.
- 2
To supply with a livelihood, support, maintain; (also, pass.) to live (as contrasted w. dying). (b) (spec.) to rear, bring up (children); to raise, keep (animals).
- 3
(of places, an activity) To provide a livelihood for, support, nurture. (b) (esp. in fusion w. sense I, where a country, etc., is regarded a mother or nurse).
- 4
To cause to grow, serve as food for, nourish; (spec.) to be food for (by being the prey of). (b) to feed, swell (a river); also, to constitute or produce the source of (a river). (c) to supply (fires) with fuel, feed; also, to be fuel for.
- 5
To provide nurture for, promote the growth of, develop; (a) (of persons, abst. qualities, etc.). (b) (of environmental influences, etc., in relation to things).
Sentences with alere
Latin to English
Incertās spēs eōrum virtūte suā aluit.Compare He nourished their uncertain hopes by his own courage.
Possum populor hic terra, qui tu gigno atque alo?Compare Could you devastate this land, which produced and nourished you?
Conjugation table for alere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| alō alis alit alimus alitis alunt | alēbam alēbās alēbat alēbāmus alēbātis alēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| aluī aluistī aluit aluimus aluistis aluērunt / aluēre | alueram aluerās aluerat aluerāmus aluerātis aluerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| alam alēs alet alēmus alētis alent | aluerō alueris aluerit aluerimus alueritis aluerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| alam alās alat alāmus alātis alant | alerem alerēs aleret alerēmus alerētis alerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| aluerim alueris aluerit aluerimus alueritis aluerint | aluissem aluissēs aluisset aluissēmus aluissētis aluissent |
Infinitive present alere Infinitive perfect aluisse Infinitive future altūrum esse | Imperative present ale alite Imperative future alitō alitō alitōte aluntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| alor aleris alitur alimur aliminī aluntur | alēbar alēbāris / alēbāre alēbātur alēbāmur alēbāminī alēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| altus sum altus es altus est altī sumus altī estis altī sunt | altus eram altus erās altus erat altī erāmus altī erātis altī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| alar alēris / alēre alētur alēmur alēminī alentur | altus erō altus eris altus erit altī erimus altī eritis altī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| alar alāris / alāre alātur alāmur alāminī alantur | alerer alerēris / alerēre alerētur alerēmur alerēminī alerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| altus sim altus sīs altus sit altī sīmus altī sītis altī sint | altus essem altus essēs altus esset altī essēmus altī essētis altī essent |
Infinitive present alī Infinitive perfect altum esse Infinitive future altum īrī | Imperative present alere aliminī Imperative future alitor alitor - aluntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | alēns | alentēs |
| Gen. | alentis | alentium |
| Dat. | alentī | alentibus |
| Acc. | alentem | alentēs |
| Abl. | alente | alentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | altūrus | altūrī |
| Gen. | altūrī | altūrōrum |
| Dat. | altūrō | altūrīs |
| Acc. | altūrum | altūrōs |
| Abl. | altūrō | altūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | altus | altī |
| Gen. | altī | altōrum |
| Dat. | altō | altīs |
| Acc. | altum | altōs |
| Abl. | altō | altīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | alendus | alendī |
| Gen. | alendī | alendōrum |
| Dat. | alendō | alendīs |
| Acc. | alendum | alendōs |
| Abl. | alendō | alendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | alere | altum |
| Gen. | alendī | altū |
| Dat. | alendō | |
| Acc. | alendum | |
| Abl. | alendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 86.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 105.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "alō, alere, aluī, altum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/alo-alere-alui-altum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 86.alō, alere, aluī, altum on page 86
