(adjective) : altĭlis, e, alo.
* Pass.
* Fattened, esp. of domestic animals (syn. saginatus): boves,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20: cochleae,Plin. 9, 56, 56, § 174: avium altilium,Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 23.—Hence, absol.: altilis (sc. avis), a fattened bird, esp. of fowls: satur altilium,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 35: minor altilis,Juv. 5, 168; 5, 115: carnes altilium,Vulg. Ez. 39, 18; and neutr.: altilia: tauri mei et altilia occisa sunt,ib. Matt. 22, 4.
* Act., nutritive, nourishing: sanguis,Macr. S. 7, 4.
* In Plaut. once trop. for rich, abundant: divitiis maximis, dote altili atque opimā, a fat and rich dowry, Plaut. Cist. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18; cf. id. Capt. 2, 2, 31.—*

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