noun

ălĭmōnĭa

gen. ălĭmōniae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

alo (ante- and postclass. for alimentum)

nourishment; food; sustenance ••

nourishment, food, sustenance, support: quaestus alimoniae, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 1: naturalis, Gell. 17, 15, 5: flammae, fuel, Prud. Cath. 5, 19; App. M. 2, p. 115: in alimoniam ignis, for the food of the burnt-offering, Vulg. Lev. 3, 16; ib. 1 Macc. 14, 10.

Perseus ID: n1849 Key: alimonia