The corpus record — Latin

nutrimentum

nutrimentum · n

nourishment, nutriment

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Where it lives

C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

nūtrīmentum — Lewis & Short

nūtrīmentum, i, n.nutrio,

I nourishment, nutriment.

I Lit.: per hanc nutrimentorum consuetudinem. Suet. Calig. 9.—

B Transf., support, nourishment, etc.: pro nutrimento omni est raritas vulneris, Plin. 17, 23, 36, § 213: suscepitque ignem foliis atque arida circum Nutrimenta dedit, i. e. fuel, Verg. A. 1, 176: nec reddita caro nutrimenta patri, Val. Fl. 6, 571.—

II Trop.

A In gen., support: eloquentiae, Cic. Or. 13, 42: favoris, Val. Max. 2, 1: truculentiae, App. M. 9, p. 234.—

B In partic.: nūtrīmenta, ōrum, a bringing up, rearing: nutrimentorum ejus locus ostenditur, Suet. Aug. 6.

In the wild

nutrimento Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.23.p7
nutrimento Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.2
nutrimentorum Suetonius, Divus Augustus 6.1
nutrimento Seneca, De Beneficiis 4.25.2
nutrimentorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 18.7.8
nutrimentorum Suetonius, C. Caligula 9.1

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nutrimentum (scan p. 477; entry #7710).

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