altor
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Latin > English
altor altoris N M :: nourisher, sustainer; foster father, one who raises another's child
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
altor: ōris, m. alo.
I 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.—
II Adj., nutritious: suci altores, Nemes. Cyn. 257.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
altŏr,¹⁵ ōris, m. (alo), celui qui nourrit, nourricier : Cic. Nat. 2, 86 ; Ov. M. 11, 101.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
