To charge with a load

grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gravis].

To charge with a load, to load, burden, weigh down, oppress (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

praefectum castrorum sarcinis gravant,

Tac. A. 1, 20; cf.:

ferus Actora magno Ense gravat Capaneus,

Stat. Th. 10, 257:

non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22:

aegraque furtivum membra gravabat onus,

Ov. H. 11, 38:

gravantur arbores fetu,

Lucr. 1, 253; cf.:

sunt poma gravantia ramos,

Ov. M. 13, 812:

ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas,

id. ib. 8, 205:

quia pondus illis abest, nec sese ipsi gravant,

Quint. 1, 12, 10:

stomacho inutilis, nervis inimicus, caput gravans,

Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128:

minui quod gravet (corpus) quolibet modo utilius,

id. 11, 53, 119, § 284:

ne obsidio ipsa multitudine gravaretur,

Just. 14, 2, 3; 38, 10, 8; so in pass.:

alia die febre commotus est: tertia cum se gravari videret,

weighed down, oppressed, Capitol. Anton. 12; and esp. in perf. part.:

gravatus somno,

Plin. 10, 51, 70, § 136; 26, 1, 4, § 6; 33, 1, 6, § 27:

vino,

Curt. 6, 11, 28:

telis,

id. 8, 14, 38:

ebrietate,

id. 5, 7, 11:

cibo,

Liv. 1, 7, 5:

vino somnoque,

id. 25, 24, 6.—

Esp., to make pregnant:

uterum,

Stat. Th. 2, 614:

gravatam esse virginem,

Lact. 4, 12, 2; id. Epit. 44, 1; cf.: semper gravata lentiscus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 16; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95, 15. —

Trop.

To burden, oppress, incommode:

nil moror officium, quod me gravat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 264:

septem milia hominum, quos et ipse gravari militia senserat,

Liv. 21, 23, 6:

sed magis hoc, quo (mala nostra) sunt cognitiora, gravant,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28. —

To make more grievous, aggravate, increase:

tu fortunam parce gravare meam,

id. ib. 5, 11, 30:

quo gravaret invidiam matris,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

injusto faenore gravatum aes alienum,

Liv. 42, 5, 9.—

To lower in tone; hence, gram. t. t., to give the grave accent to a vowel (opp. acuo):

a littera gravatur,

Prisc. 539, 573 P.—

Transf., as v. dep.: grăvor, ātus (lit., to be burdened with any thing, to feel burdened; hence), to feel incommoded, vexed, wearied, or annoyed at any thing; to take amiss, to bear with reluctance, to regard as a burden, to do unwillingly (class.); in Cic. only absol. or with an object-clause, afterwards also constr. with acc.

Absol.:

non gravabor,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49: quid gravare? id. Stich. 3, 2, 22:

quamquam gravatus fuisti, non nocuit tamen,

id. ib. 5, 4, 40:

ne gravare,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 19:

primo gravari coepit, quod invidiam atque offensionem timere dicebat,

Cic. Clu. 25, 69:

ego vero non gravarer si, etc.,

id. Lael. 5, 17:

nec gravatus senex dicitur locutus esse, etc.,

Liv. 9, 3, 9:

ille non gravatus, Primum, inquit, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 3:

spem ac metum juxta gravatus Vitellius ictum venis intulit,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

benignus erga me ut siet: ne gravetur,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 15.—

With an object-clause:

rogo, ut ne graveris exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; 1, 23, 107; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1:

ne graventur, sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

quod illi quoque gravati prius essent ad populandam Macedoniam exire,

Liv. 31, 46, 4:

tibi non gravabor reddere dilatae pugnae rationem,

id. 34, 38, 3; Curt. 9, 1, 8; 6, 8, 12; Suet. Aug. 34 al.—

With acc.:

Pegasus terrenum equitem gravatus Bellerophontem,

disdaining to bear, throwing off, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:

at illum acerbum et sanguinarium necesse est graventur stipatores sui,

be weary of supporting, Sen. Clem. 1, 12 fin.:

matrem,

Suet. Ner. 34:

ampla et operosa praetoria,

id. Aug. 72:

aspectum civium,

Tac. A. 3, 59 fin.:

spem ac metum juxta gravatus,

id. ib. 5, 8; Quint. 1, 1, 11.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

grăvātē (acc. to II.), with difficulty or reluctance, unwillingly, grudgingly:

non gravate respondere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208;

opp. gratuito,

id. Off. 2, 19, 66;

opp. benigne,

id. Balb. 16, 36:

Canius contendit a Pythio ut venderet: gravate ille primo,

id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

qui cum haud gravate venissent,

Liv. 3, 4, 6 Weissenb. (al. gravati):

concedere,

id. 42, 43, 2.— Comp.:

manus et plantas ad saviandum gravatius porrigere,

Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 fin. —

grăvanter, with reluctance, unwillingly:

reguli Gallorum haud gravanter venerunt,

Liv. 21, 24, 5 Weissenb. (al. gravate); Cassiod. Varr. 4, 5.

grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gravis].

To charge with a load, to load, burden, weigh down, oppress (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

praefectum castrorum sarcinis gravant,

Tac. A. 1, 20; cf.:

ferus Actora magno Ense gravat Capaneus,

Stat. Th. 10, 257:

non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22:

aegraque furtivum membra gravabat onus,

Ov. H. 11, 38:

gravantur arbores fetu,

Lucr. 1, 253; cf.:

sunt poma gravantia ramos,

Ov. M. 13, 812:

ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas,

id. ib. 8, 205:

quia pondus illis abest, nec sese ipsi gravant,

Quint. 1, 12, 10:

stomacho inutilis, nervis inimicus, caput gravans,

Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128:

minui quod gravet (corpus) quolibet modo utilius,

id. 11, 53, 119, § 284:

ne obsidio ipsa multitudine gravaretur,

Just. 14, 2, 3; 38, 10, 8; so in pass.:

alia die febre commotus est: tertia cum se gravari videret,

weighed down, oppressed, Capitol. Anton. 12; and esp. in perf. part.:

gravatus somno,

Plin. 10, 51, 70, § 136; 26, 1, 4, § 6; 33, 1, 6, § 27:

vino,

Curt. 6, 11, 28:

telis,

id. 8, 14, 38:

ebrietate,

id. 5, 7, 11:

cibo,

Liv. 1, 7, 5:

vino somnoque,

id. 25, 24, 6.—

Esp., to make pregnant:

uterum,

Stat. Th. 2, 614:

gravatam esse virginem,

Lact. 4, 12, 2; id. Epit. 44, 1; cf.: semper gravata lentiscus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 16; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95, 15. —

Trop.

To burden, oppress, incommode:

nil moror officium, quod me gravat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 264:

septem milia hominum, quos et ipse gravari militia senserat,

Liv. 21, 23, 6:

sed magis hoc, quo (mala nostra) sunt cognitiora, gravant,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28. —

To make more grievous, aggravate, increase:

tu fortunam parce gravare meam,

id. ib. 5, 11, 30:

quo gravaret invidiam matris,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

injusto faenore gravatum aes alienum,

Liv. 42, 5, 9.—

To lower in tone; hence, gram. t. t., to give the grave accent to a vowel (opp. acuo):

a littera gravatur,

Prisc. 539, 573 P.—

Transf., as v. dep.: grăvor, ātus (lit., to be burdened with any thing, to feel burdened; hence), to feel incommoded, vexed, wearied, or annoyed at any thing; to take amiss, to bear with reluctance, to regard as a burden, to do unwillingly (class.); in Cic. only absol. or with an object-clause, afterwards also constr. with acc.

Absol.:

non gravabor,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49: quid gravare? id. Stich. 3, 2, 22:

quamquam gravatus fuisti, non nocuit tamen,

id. ib. 5, 4, 40:

ne gravare,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 19:

primo gravari coepit, quod invidiam atque offensionem timere dicebat,

Cic. Clu. 25, 69:

ego vero non gravarer si, etc.,

id. Lael. 5, 17:

nec gravatus senex dicitur locutus esse, etc.,

Liv. 9, 3, 9:

ille non gravatus, Primum, inquit, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 3:

spem ac metum juxta gravatus Vitellius ictum venis intulit,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

benignus erga me ut siet: ne gravetur,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 15.—

With an object-clause:

rogo, ut ne graveris exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; 1, 23, 107; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1:

ne graventur, sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

quod illi quoque gravati prius essent ad populandam Macedoniam exire,

Liv. 31, 46, 4:

tibi non gravabor reddere dilatae pugnae rationem,

id. 34, 38, 3; Curt. 9, 1, 8; 6, 8, 12; Suet. Aug. 34 al.—

With acc.:

Pegasus terrenum equitem gravatus Bellerophontem,

disdaining to bear, throwing off, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:

at illum acerbum et sanguinarium necesse est graventur stipatores sui,

be weary of supporting, Sen. Clem. 1, 12 fin.:

matrem,

Suet. Ner. 34:

ampla et operosa praetoria,

id. Aug. 72:

aspectum civium,

Tac. A. 3, 59 fin.:

spem ac metum juxta gravatus,

id. ib. 5, 8; Quint. 1, 1, 11.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

grăvātē (acc. to II.), with difficulty or reluctance, unwillingly, grudgingly:

non gravate respondere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208;

opp. gratuito,

id. Off. 2, 19, 66;

opp. benigne,

id. Balb. 16, 36:

Canius contendit a Pythio ut venderet: gravate ille primo,

id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

qui cum haud gravate venissent,

Liv. 3, 4, 6 Weissenb. (al. gravati):

concedere,

id. 42, 43, 2.— Comp.:

manus et plantas ad saviandum gravatius porrigere,

Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 fin. —

grăvanter, with reluctance, unwillingly:

reguli Gallorum haud gravanter venerunt,

Liv. 21, 24, 5 Weissenb. (al. gravate); Cassiod. Varr. 4, 5.

grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gravis].

To charge with a load, to load, burden, weigh down, oppress (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

praefectum castrorum sarcinis gravant,

Tac. A. 1, 20; cf.:

ferus Actora magno Ense gravat Capaneus,

Stat. Th. 10, 257:

non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22:

aegraque furtivum membra gravabat onus,

Ov. H. 11, 38:

gravantur arbores fetu,

Lucr. 1, 253; cf.:

sunt poma gravantia ramos,

Ov. M. 13, 812:

ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas,

id. ib. 8, 205:

quia pondus illis abest, nec sese ipsi gravant,

Quint. 1, 12, 10:

stomacho inutilis, nervis inimicus, caput gravans,

Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128:

minui quod gravet (corpus) quolibet modo utilius,

id. 11, 53, 119, § 284:

ne obsidio ipsa multitudine gravaretur,

Just. 14, 2, 3; 38, 10, 8; so in pass.:

alia die febre commotus est: tertia cum se gravari videret,

weighed down, oppressed, Capitol. Anton. 12; and esp. in perf. part.:

gravatus somno,

Plin. 10, 51, 70, § 136; 26, 1, 4, § 6; 33, 1, 6, § 27:

vino,

Curt. 6, 11, 28:

telis,

id. 8, 14, 38:

ebrietate,

id. 5, 7, 11:

cibo,

Liv. 1, 7, 5:

vino somnoque,

id. 25, 24, 6.—

Esp., to make pregnant:

uterum,

Stat. Th. 2, 614:

gravatam esse virginem,

Lact. 4, 12, 2; id. Epit. 44, 1; cf.: semper gravata lentiscus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 16; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95, 15. —

Trop.

To burden, oppress, incommode:

nil moror officium, quod me gravat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 264:

septem milia hominum, quos et ipse gravari militia senserat,

Liv. 21, 23, 6:

sed magis hoc, quo (mala nostra) sunt cognitiora, gravant,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28. —

To make more grievous, aggravate, increase:

tu fortunam parce gravare meam,

id. ib. 5, 11, 30:

quo gravaret invidiam matris,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

injusto faenore gravatum aes alienum,

Liv. 42, 5, 9.—

To lower in tone; hence, gram. t. t., to give the grave accent to a vowel (opp. acuo):

a littera gravatur,

Prisc. 539, 573 P.—

Transf., as v. dep.: grăvor, ātus (lit., to be burdened with any thing, to feel burdened; hence), to feel incommoded, vexed, wearied, or annoyed at any thing; to take amiss, to bear with reluctance, to regard as a burden, to do unwillingly (class.); in Cic. only absol. or with an object-clause, afterwards also constr. with acc.

Absol.:

non gravabor,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49: quid gravare? id. Stich. 3, 2, 22:

quamquam gravatus fuisti, non nocuit tamen,

id. ib. 5, 4, 40:

ne gravare,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 19:

primo gravari coepit, quod invidiam atque offensionem timere dicebat,

Cic. Clu. 25, 69:

ego vero non gravarer si, etc.,

id. Lael. 5, 17:

nec gravatus senex dicitur locutus esse, etc.,

Liv. 9, 3, 9:

ille non gravatus, Primum, inquit, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 3:

spem ac metum juxta gravatus Vitellius ictum venis intulit,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

benignus erga me ut siet: ne gravetur,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 15.—

With an object-clause:

rogo, ut ne graveris exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; 1, 23, 107; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1:

ne graventur, sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

quod illi quoque gravati prius essent ad populandam Macedoniam exire,

Liv. 31, 46, 4:

tibi non gravabor reddere dilatae pugnae rationem,

id. 34, 38, 3; Curt. 9, 1, 8; 6, 8, 12; Suet. Aug. 34 al.—

With acc.:

Pegasus terrenum equitem gravatus Bellerophontem,

disdaining to bear, throwing off, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:

at illum acerbum et sanguinarium necesse est graventur stipatores sui,

be weary of supporting, Sen. Clem. 1, 12 fin.:

matrem,

Suet. Ner. 34:

ampla et operosa praetoria,

id. Aug. 72:

aspectum civium,

Tac. A. 3, 59 fin.:

spem ac metum juxta gravatus,

id. ib. 5, 8; Quint. 1, 1, 11.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

grăvātē (acc. to II.), with difficulty or reluctance, unwillingly, grudgingly:

non gravate respondere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208;

opp. gratuito,

id. Off. 2, 19, 66;

opp. benigne,

id. Balb. 16, 36:

Canius contendit a Pythio ut venderet: gravate ille primo,

id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

qui cum haud gravate venissent,

Liv. 3, 4, 6 Weissenb. (al. gravati):

concedere,

id. 42, 43, 2.— Comp.:

manus et plantas ad saviandum gravatius porrigere,

Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 fin. —

grăvanter, with reluctance, unwillingly:

reguli Gallorum haud gravanter venerunt,

Liv. 21, 24, 5 Weissenb. (al. gravate); Cassiod. Varr. 4, 5.

ŏnus (in good MSS. also wr. hŏnus), ĕris, n. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. anas, a wagon for freight], a load, burden (cf. pondus).

Lit.

In gen.:

oneris maximi pondus,

Vitr. 10, 8:

onus sustinere,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68:

cum gravius dorso subiit onus (asellus), Hor S. 1, 9, 20: tanti oneris turris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30: ad minimum redigi onus, Ov M. 14, 149.—

In partic.

Of goods, baggage, etc., a load, lading, freight, cargo:

insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus atque oneribus commeabant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

onera afferuntur,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 104:

(naves) ad onera et ad multitudinem jumentorum transportandam paulo latiores,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

jumentis onera deponere,

loads, packs, id. B. C. 1, 80.—

Poet., the burden of the womb, the fœtus, embryo:

gravidi ventris,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 1; id. F. 2, 452; id. H. 4, 58; Phaedr. 1, 18, 5. —

The excrements:

ciborum onera reddere,

Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97:

duri ventris solvere,

Mart. 13, 29, 2.—

Trop

A burden, in respect of property, i. e. a tax or an expense (usually in the plur.):

municipium maximis oneribus pressum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 2:

haec onera in dites a pauperibus inclinata,

Liv. 1, 43:

patria,

Suet. Calig. 42:

haerere in explicandis oneribus,

id. Dom. 12 init.:

oneribus novis turbantur provinciae,

Tac. A. 4, 6.—

A load, burden, weight, charge, trouble, difficulty of any kind (so most freq. in Cic.; cf. molestia): magni sunt oneris;

quicquid imponas, vehunt,

capable of bearing great burdens, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 95:

quae (senectus) plerisque senibus sic odiosa est, ut onus se Aetnā gravius dicant sustinere,

Cic. Sen. 2, 4:

onus atque munus magnum,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 116:

hoc onus si vos adlevabitis,

id. Rosc. Am. 4, 10:

officii,

id. ib.:

probandi,

the burden of proof, obligation to prove, Dig. 31, 1, 22; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:

oneri esse,

to be a burden, Liv. 23, 43; Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 33:

neque eram nescius, quantis oneribus premerere susceptarum rerum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

epici carminis onera lyrā sustinere,

Quint. 10, 1, 62.—

(Eccl. Lat.) The burden of a prophecy, the woes predicted against any one:

Babylonis,

Vulg. Isa. 13, 1:

Tyri,

id. ib. 23, 1.—With subj.gen.:

Domini,

Vulg. Jer. 23, 33:

verbi Domini,

id. Zach. 12, 1.