alimonia
ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ → sew up Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, stop Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, shut one's mouth without any trouble
Latin > English
alimonia alimoniae N F :: food, nourishment; feeding, nurture, upbringing; cost of maintenance
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ălĭmōnĭa: ae, f. alo (ante- and postclass. for alimentum),
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ălĭmōnĭa, æ, f., et ălĭmōnĭum, ĭī, n., nourriture, aliment : Varro Men. 260 ; Gell. 17, 15, 5 || Varro R. 3, 16, 15, etc. ; Tac. Ann. 11, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
alimōnia, ae, f. (alo), die Ernährung, der Unterhalt, Varr. sat. Men. 260. Gell. 17, 15, 5. Prud. cathem. 5, 19 u.a. Spät. (s. Bünem. Lact. 7, 4, 7. Hildebr. Apul. met. 5, 18. Rönsch Itala p. 28): Plur., Apul. met. 2, 3; apol. 85. Cod. Theod. 12, 12, 2. – / Nicht mehr Plaut. Pers. 53.
