nourisher Copy link Outline 1. altor, f. trix2. nūtrītor (rare) • nourisher: 1. altor, f. trix: rearer and n. of all things (the universe), omnium rerum educator et a., Cic. N. D. 2, 34, init.: ib. Fl. 26, 62 (eorum [Atheniensium] terra parens, altrix, patria). 2. nūtrītor (rare): Stat.
NOURISHER Copy link • NOURISHERaltor (one who supplies the necessaries of life): nutritor (one who furnishes food, etc., post-Augustinan).