alimentum

Derived from alō (“I nourish, sustain”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument, medium”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.lɪˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.liˈmɛn̪.t̪um]

alimentum n (genitive alimentī); second declension

1. food, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions

   Synonyms: vīctus, nūtrīmentum, pābulum, alimōnia, alimōnium

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.401–402:

     prīma Cerēs homine ad meliōra alimenta vocātō
     mūtāvit glandēs ūtiliōre cibō.

     Having called man to better nourishment, Ceres first
     exchanged acorns with more useful food.
     (See Ceres (mythology).)

2. obligation to one's parents
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, De Re Publica 1.4:

     neque enim hac nos patria lege genuit aut educavit, ut nulla quasi alimenta exspectaret a nobis

     Neither did this country give birth to or educate us, only to expect no sustenance in return.

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• “alimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.