nourishment Copy link Outline I. Act of nourishingII. That which nourishes1. ălĭmentum2. cĭbus (to be used when n. simply = FOOD, q. v.)3. nūtrīmentum (rare) • nourishment: I. Act of nourishing: expr. by ger. or other part of verb: v. to nourish. II. That which nourishes: 1. ălĭmentum: to need bodily n., corporis alimenta desiderare, Cic. Tim. 6: esp. to denote the nourishing element in food: Cels. 2, 18: v. nourishing (1). 2. cĭbus (to be used when n. simply = food, q. v.): having very little n. in it, minimi cibi, Varr. 2, 11. 3. nūtrīmentum (rare): Plin. (Several times in Suet. = rearing, early life.)