alumnus

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Latin > English

alumnus alumna, alumnum ADJ :: nourished, brought up; reared/fostered by; native, brought up locally
alumnus alumnus alumni N M :: nursling, young animal/plant; ward, protegee; native daughter; nurse, mother

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ălumnus: a, um, adj. qs. contr. of alomenos, from alo.
I That is nourished, brought up; for the most part subst.
   A ălumnus, i, m., a nursling, a pupil, foster-son.
   1    Lit. (most freq. in the poets.): desiderio alumnūm ( = alumnorum), Pac. ap. Non. 243, 6 (Trag. Rel. p. 116 Rib.): erus atque alumnus tuus sum, Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 7: quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno? Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8; Verg. A. 11, 33: Tityon, terrae omniparentis alumnum, id. ib. 6, 595; so Ov. M. 4, 524; cf. with 421: legionum alumnus, i. e. brought up in the camp, Tac. A. 1, 44; cf. id. 1, 41: Vatinius sutrinae tabernae alumnus, id. ib. 15, 34: suum flevit alumnum, Val. Fl. 8, 94: alumni hominum peccatorum, * Vulg. Num. 32, 14.—Of the inhabitants of a country (cf. altrix): Italia alumnum suum summo supplicio fixum videret, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66; of cattle: Faune, abeas parvis Aequus alumnis, Hor. C. 3, 18, 3; so id. ib. 3, 23, 7.—
   2    Trop.: ego itaque pacis, ut ita dicam, alumnus, Cic. Phil. 7, 3: alumnus fortunae, a child of fortune, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 43.—Hence, of pupils: Platonis alumnus, pupil, disciple, Cic. Fin. 4, 26: alumnus disciplinae meae, id. Fam. 9, 14.—
   B ălumna, ae, f., a foster-daughter, a pupil: nostra haec alumna, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 96: Italia omnium terrarum alumna eadem et parens (i. e. quae ab aliis terris alitur), Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 39: aliquam filiam et alumnam praedicare, Suet. Claud. 39: trepidam hortatur alumnam, Val. Fl. 5, 358.—Of frogs: aquai dulcis alumnae, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15.—Trop.: cana veritas Atticae philosophiae alumna, truth, the foster-child of Attic philosophy, Varr. ap. Non. 243, 2: jam bene constitutae civitatis quasi alumna quaedam, eloquentia, the foster-child of an already well-ordered state, * Cic. Brut. 12, 45: cliens et alumna Urbis Ostia (as a colony of the same), Flor. 3, 21.—
   C The neutr.: numen alumnum, Ov. M. 4, 421.—
II In late Lat., act., nourishing; or subst., nourisher, one who brings up or educates: cygnus alumna stagna petierat, Mart. Cap. 1, p. 11.—Hence Isidorus: et qui alit et alitur, alumnus dici potest, Orig. 10, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ălumnus,¹¹ a, um (alo, almus),
    I [passif] :
1 m., nourrisson, enfant : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 169, [fig.] Cic. Phil. 7, 8 || disciple, élève : Cic. Fin. 4, 72
2 f., Cic. Br. 45
3 n., Ov. M. 4, 421.
    II [actif] : nourricier : Capel. 1, 86 ; 1, 28.

Latin > German (Georges)

alumnus, a, um (alo, almus), bes. bei Dichtern u. subst., I) passiv, »der ernährt, gepflegt u. aufgezogen wird oder worden ist«, der Pflegling, Zögling, das Pflegekind, 1) masc. der Pflegesohn, Pflegebefohlene, a) eig., Plaut., Verg. u.a.: Ggstz. nutricula, Hor. ep. 1, 4, 8: Ggstz. paedagogus, Quint. 1, 1, 11. – bes. m. Genet. od. m. Adi. des Landes od. Orts, wo jmd. aufwächst od. aufwuchs, der Pflegling, Zögling, Sohn, das Kind, Italia alumnum suum... videret, Cic.: Paeligni ruris al., Ov.: Marmarici alumni, Sil.: nemorum al., Sohn der Wälder = Jagdfreund, Stat.: alumni fluminum, Anwohner, Val. Flacc.: al. sutrinae tabernae, Zögling einer Schusterbude = Schusterlehrling, Tac.: al. legionum, der Legionen Zögling = im Lager erzogen, Tac.: agrestis al., Sen. poët. – v. Tieren, parvi alumni, die Jungen der Herden, Hor. (u. so attrib. al. grex, die junge Herde, Pallad. 3, 26, 4): dulces alumni, Hor.: Nemees al., v. Löwen, Stat. – v. Rebschößlingen, Col. 4, 27, 4. – b) übtr., v. Schüler = der Zögling, Jünger, Platonis, Cic.: quasi al. disciplinae meae, Cic.: al. Urbis, Zögl. Roms, Tac. – u. übh., ego pacis, ut ita dicam, alumnus, Cic.: non alumnus fortunae, sed partus, nicht ein angenommenes, sondern ein leibliches Kind des Glücks, Plin. – attrib., alumnus grex, die Schülerschar, Prud. perist. 9, 31: alumna manus, Orest. tr. 455. – 2) fem. die Pflegetochter, die Pflegebefohlene, das Pflegekind, der Zögling, a) eig.: nostra haec alumna et tua profecto filia, Plaut. (u. so Agrippinam filiam et alumnam praedicare, Suet.): at vos si laesae contemptus tangit alumnae, Ov.: noctis alumna, v. der Tisiphone, Sil.: aquai dulcis alumnae, v. Fröschen, Cic. poët.: quercus al. vadi, Stat. – b) übtr.: bene constitutae civitatis quasi al. quaedam eloquentia, Cic.: cliens et al. Urbis Ostia, als Kolonie von Rom, Flor.: Italia omnium terrarum alumna eadem et parens, d.i. aus allen Ländern bevölkert u. alle bevölkernd, Plin. – 3) neutr.: numen alumnum, Ov. u. Stat. – II) aktiv, der, die ernährt, der Ernährer (vgl. Serv. Verg. Aen. 4, 72. Isid. 10, 3), die Ernährerin, im masc., Romanos lares (Tiberis) lapsu praelambit alumno, Avien. descr. orb. terr. 495: in latices inhiat gens fontis alumni, Avien. phaen. 502: im fem., quod... latentes locos unda foecundet alumna, ibid. 798: Ceres, alumna terrarum ac nutrix mortalium, Mart. Cap. 1. § 86: im neutr., cygnus alumna stagna petierat, Mart. Cap. 1. § 28. – / Synk. Gen. Plur. alumnûm, Pacuv. tr. 313: Dat. Plur. alumnabus, Corp. inscr. Latin. 5, 1685.