alimonium Latin · revision 10016

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *h₂el-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''alimōnium''' ''n'' (genitive alimōniī or alimōnī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|alō|-mōnium|t1=to nourish]], with the ending of [[testimōnium]] and [[vadimōnium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨alō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ale/o-|t=to feed]], [[ine-pro|*h₂el-e/o-|t=to nourish]], cognate with [[sga|ailid|t=rears]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Varro.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant food, nourishment, and upbringing, nurture, also the cost of maintenance, as in Varro, Gellius and Tacitus, and Lewis & Short note it is ante-classical and post-Augustan for the classical [[alimentum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|food|alt=Food]], [[m|en|nourishment]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Upbringing; maintenance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[alimōnia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alō]]

+ * [[alimentum]]

+ * [[alumnus]]

+ * [[en|alimony]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A first-declension ''alimōnia'' has the same meaning.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}