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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=altor altoris N M :: nourisher, sustainer; foster father, one who raises another's child
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>altor</b>: ōris, m. alo.<br /><b>I</b> Subst., a nourisher, sustainer, [[foster]]-[[father]]: omnium rerum [[educator]] et [[altor]], * Cic. N. D. 2, 34: altore [[recepto]], Ov. M. 11, 101: [[Curetes]] altores Jovis, * Sall. ap. Lact. 1, 21 fin.; so * Tac. A. 6, 37; Sen. Herc. Fur. 1247; * Stat. S. 2, 1, 69.—Worshipped as a [[god]], Varr. Fragm. p. 226 Bip.; cf. Aug. Civ. Dei, 23 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Adj., [[nutritious]]: suci altores, Nemes. Cyn. 257.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>altŏr</b>,¹⁵ ōris, m. ([[alo]]), celui qui nourrit, nourricier : Cic. Nat. 2, 86 ; Ov. M. 11, 101.
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{{Georges
|georg=altor, ōris, m. ([[alo]]), der Ernährer, Pflegevater, [[Erhalter]], omnium rerum [[seminator]] et [[sator]] et [[parens]], ut [[ita]] dicam, [[atque]] [[educator]] et [[altor]] est [[mundus]], Cic.: [[Iovis]] altores [[Curetes]] fuisse, Sall. fr.: [[gaudens]] altore [[recepto]], Ov. – v. Lebl., [[Agragas]] [[alt]]. equorum, Züchter, Sil.: altores suci, nährende, [[Nemes]].
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