nourishing (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. vălens, ntis (of food)2. expr. by cĭbus, ălĭmentum3. ălĭbĭlis, e4. nūtrītōrius (late and rare) • nourishing (adj.): 1. vălens, ntis (of food): Cels. 2, 18, init.: where he defines the term thus, valentissimum dico in quo plurimum alimenti est. As opp. to valens, Cels. uses, imbecillus, infirmus (not n., in any considerable degree): for valens, he also uses firmus (to avoid repetition), l. c.: Varr. 2. expr. by cĭbus, ălĭmentum: very n., not at all n., maximi, minimi cibi, Varr. R. R. 2, 11; in quo plurimum, minimum alimenti est, Cels. l. c. 3. ălĭbĭlis, e: Varr. l. c. 4. nūtrītōrius (late and rare): Theod. Prisc.
NOURISHING Copy link • NOURISHINGnutriens; alens; in quo est multum alimenti (Cels.); ad alendum aptus, factus (almus, poetical; ☞ alibilis only twice, in Varr.): to be more nourishing, plus alimenti habere; firmiorem, valentiorem esse (Cels.).