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|lshtext=<b>ălumnus</b>: a, um, adj. qs. contr. of alomenos, from alo.<br /><b>I</b> That is nourished, brought up; for the [[most]] [[part]] subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> ălumnus, i, m., a [[nursling]], a [[pupil]], [[foster]]-[[son]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The neutr.: [[numen]] alumnum, Ov. M. 4, 421.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.

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|georg=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.

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