English → Latin
“nourish” in Latin
nūtriōto suckle, breastfeed, nurse; to feedalōto feed, to nourish, to nurture; to cultivate, to raise, to rear, etc. (as a child, an animal, etc.); to cause (a thing)sustentōto uphold, support, prop or sustain, maintain; to maintain or preserve by food, money, or other means; to keep in check,augeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthen
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
nourish
nutrire (the proper word to give nourishment, care, and attention; figuratively, to favor, foment): alere (to support without denoting the means; figuratively, to maintain, continue): sustentare (PROP. and figuratively, to maintain, support, not suffer to fall). (The words are found in this connection and order.) sustentare et alere; alere et sustentare, victum praebere alicui (only PROP., to give what is requisite for the support of life; also of land, etc., which maintains anyone): augere (only figuratively, to increase, enlarge). (The words are found in this connection and order.) alere et augere (opposed to exstinguere): to nourish a person with anything, aliquem nutrire, or alere, or sustentare aliqua re (the former only of food; alere et sustentare also of the means by which one obtains a livelihood): to be nourished by anything, ali aliqua re (both of food and of the means of livelihood): vesci aliqua re (of food, e.g., carne, lacte): victum quaeritare aliqua re, se sustentare aliqua re (to gain a livelihood, support one’s self).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for nourish?
- The usual Latin words for “nourish” are nūtriō, alō, sustentō; also augeō. 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.