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1 alibilis
ălĭbĭlis, e, adj. [alo], affording nourishment, nutrilious, nourishing (perh. only in Varr.):lac,
Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2:casei,
id. ib. 2, 11, 2, § 3.— Pass. of that which readily grows or fattens:ita pulli alibiliores fiunt,
Varr. R. R. 3, 9. -
2 almus
almus, a, um, adj. [alo], nourishing, affording nourishment, cherishing ( poet. epithet of Ceres, Venus, and other patron deities of the earth, of light, day, wine, etc.; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 4, 13).—Hence, genial, restoring, reviving, kind, propitious, indulgent, bountiful, etc.: O Fides alma, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Trag. v. 410 Vahl.):nutrix,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79:Venus,
Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 4, 15, 31:mater terra,
Lucr. 2, 992; 5, 231 al.:Ceres,
Verg. G. 1, 7:Phoebe,
id. A. 10, 215:Cybele,
id. ib. 10, 220:ager,
id. G. 2, 330:vites,
refreshing, id. ib. 2, 233 al.:Faustitas,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 18:Maia,
id. ib. 1, 2, 42:Musae,
id. ib. 3, 4, 42:dies,
id. ib. 4, 7, 7:sol,
id. C. S. 9:adorea, i.e. gloria, quae virtutem nutrit,
id. C. 4, 4, 41:Pales,
Ov. F. 4, 722:sacerdos,
Prop. 5, 9, 51:ubera,
Stat. Achill. 2, 383 al.
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