(adjective) : almus, a, um, alo
* Nourishing, affording nourishment, cherishing (poet. epithet of Ceres, Venus, and other patron deities of the earth, of light, day, wine, etc.; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 4, 13).—Hence, genial, restoring, reviving, kind, propitious, indulgent, bountiful, etc.: O Fides alma, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Trag. v. 410 Vahl.): nutrix,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79: Venus,Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 4, 15, 31: mater terra,Lucr. 2, 992; 5, 231 al.: Ceres,Verg. G. 1, 7: Phoebe,id. A. 10, 215: Cybele,id. ib. 10, 220: ager,id. G. 2, 330: vites,refreshing,id. ib. 2, 233 al.: Faustitas,Hor. C. 4, 5, 18: Maia,id. ib. 1, 2, 42: Musae,id. ib. 3, 4, 42: dies,id. ib. 4, 7, 7: sol,id. C. S. 9: adorea, i.e. gloria, quae virtutem nutrit,id. C. 4, 4, 41: Pales,Ov. F. 4, 722: sacerdos,Prop. 5, 9, 51: ubera,Stat. Achill. 2, 383 al.

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