English → Latin
“aliment” in Latin
alimentumfood, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions; obligation to one's parentscibusfood, fodder; nourishment, sustenance; mealnūtrīmentumnourishment, nutriment, sustenancepābulumfood, nourishment, sustenance; fodder, pasture; nourishment for the mind, food for thoughtpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support; to pasture, drive to pasture, tend, attend; to feed, supply, cultivate, let growvincōto win; to conquer, to defeat, to vanquish; to overpower
The English word aliment itself goes back to Latin alō, through alimentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
aliment
alimentum: cibus: nutrimentum: pabulum: pastus: victus. SYN. in FOOD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for aliment?
- The usual Latin words for “aliment” are alimentum, cibus, nūtrīmentum; also pābulum, pāscō, vincō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.