fertilizing

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

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fēcundus (sometimes erroneously foecund-and faecund-, but v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. [from ‡ feo, whence also fetus, femina, fenus, etc., cf. felix], fruitful, fertile (of plants and animals).—Constr. with abl., gen., or absol. (with gen. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit. (class.):

fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus fit multo terra fecundior,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2:

glebae,

Lucr. 1, 211:

solum,

Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1:

salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi,

Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.:

regio fecunda fruticis exigui,

Col. 9, 4, 2:

tellus metallorum,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78;

for which: Amathus metallis,

Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.:

mons silvae frequens fecundusque,

Tac. A. 4, 65:

segetes fecundae et uberes,

id. Or. 15, 48:

nihil ocimo fecundius,

Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120:

uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1254:

conjux,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 31:

lepus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

sue... nihil genuit natura fecundius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—

Transf.

Rich, abundant, abounding in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf.

fons,

i. e. copious, Ov. M. 14, 791:

legere fecundis collibus herbas,

plentifuliy furnished, thickly studded, id. ib. 14, 347:

fecundissima gens,

rich in agricultural products, Plin. Pan. 31, 6:

(specus) Uberibus fecundus aquis,

Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.:

fecunda melle Calymne,

id. ib. 8, 222:

viscera (Tityi) poenis,

i. e. constantly renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598:

Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens,

Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41:

nigris Meroe fecunda colonis,

Luc. 10, 303:

cingula monstris,

Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.:

Aemilium genus fecundum bonorum civium,

Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Making fruitful, fertilizing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Verg. G. 2, 325; cf.

Nilus,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows with a thong of skin given to women by the luperci, and which were supposed to promote fruitfulness,

Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and:

quam (Danaën) implevit fecundo Juppiter auro,

Ov. M. 4, 698.—

Trop., fruitful, fertile, prolific, abundant (class.): pectus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338:

artifex,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71:

a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum alia praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, quod declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est lego, legis, legam, sic alia: alterum genus sterile, quod ex se parit nihil, ut est etiam, vix, cras, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.:

amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70:

fecunda culpae saecula,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 17:

veri sacerdos,

Sil. 13, 490:

fecundum in fraudes hominum genus,

id. 2, 498:

vester porro labor fecundior, historiarum scriptores?

Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, abundantly:

fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.:

arundo recisa fecundius resurgit,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163:

cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino,

id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.

fertĭlis, e, adj. [fero, I. B. 3.].

Fruitful, fertile (class.; syn.: ferax, fecundus, uber).

Lit.

Absol.:

ager, quamvis fertilis, sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

Asia tam opima est ac fertilis. ut, etc.,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

agri opimi et fertiles,

id. Agr. 2, 19, 51; cf.:

agri uberrimi maximeque fertiles,

id. Div. 1, 42, 94:

agri lati et fertiles,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. N. D. 2, 53:

ager fertilis et praeda onustus,

Sall. J. 87, 1; Ov. F. 5, 12, 23:

terra,

Liv. 45, 30, 4:

Africa,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 31:

Tibur,

id. ib. 4, 3, 10:

oliveta,

id. ib. 2, 15, 8:

Bacchus (i. e. vinum),

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

herba,

Ov. F. 3, 240:

annus,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 14:

cornu nutricis (i. e. Copiae),

Ov. F. 5, 127.— Poet.:

serpens, i. e. the Hydra,

continually producing new heads, Ov. H. 9, 95.— Comp.:

uberius solum fertilioremve segetem,

Quint. 12, 10, 25.—

Prov.: fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris,

Ov. A. A. 1, 349.— Sup.:

quae fertilissima sunt Germaniae loca circum Hercyniam silvam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 24, 2:

regio agri,

id. ib. 7, 13 fin.:

ager,

Liv. 29, 25, 12:

quaestus,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 5.—

With gen.:

proferre possum multos fertiles agros alios aliorum fructuum,

fertile, some in one kind of produce, some in another, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 131; cf.:

ager frugum fertilis,

Sall. J. 17, 5:

fertilis hominum frugumque Gallia,

Liv. 5, 34, 2:

tellus frugum pecorisque,

Hor. C. S. 29:

mare testae,

id. S. 2, 4, 31:

insulae pabuli tantum,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86:

arenae vitri,

id. 5, 19, 17, § 75.— Comp.:

incolae (Taprobanes) auri margaritarumque grandium fertiliores quam Indi,

richer in, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.—

With abl.:

ager a litore arboribus fertilis, intus frugibus tantum,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33:

flumen auro,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 98.—

With ad:

tractus fertilis ad omnia,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190.—

With a and abl.:

Aetna a sacro numquam non fertilis igni,

Lucil. Aetna, 556.—

Trop., fertile, productive ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fertile pectus habes,

Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 11:

Bacche, soles Phoebo fertilis esse tuo,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 76:

tanto priscorum cura fertilior fuit,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

That makes fruitful or fertile, fertilizing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): dea (i. e. Ceres), Ov. M. 5, 642:

Nilus,

Tib. 1, 7, 22; [p. 741] Val. Fl. 7, 608:

majores fertilissimum in agro oculum domini esse dixerunt,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 43.—Hence, * adv.: fertĭlĭter, fruitfully, abundantly:

derelicta (metalla) fertilius revivescunt,

Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 164.

mărītus, a, um, adj. [mas], of or belonging to marriage, matrimonial, conjugal, nuptial, marriage-.

Adj. (so mostly poet.; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

facibus cessit maritis,

to the nuptial torches, to wedlock, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 33:

faces,

Ov. H. 11, 101:

foedus,

the conjugal tie, id. P. 3, 1, 73:

tori,

id. H. 2, 41:

sacra,

Prop. 3, 20, 26 (4, 20, 16); Ov. H. 12, 87:

Venus,

wedded love, id. ib. 16, 283; cf.:

fides,

conjugal fidelity, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11: lex, respecting marriage, a marriage-law (de maritandis ordinibus, Suet. Aug. 34), Hor. C. S. 20.—In prose:

vagabatur per maritas domos dies noctesque,

i. e. the houses of married people, Liv. 27, 31, 5 Drak.—

Transf.

Of plants, wedded, i. e. tied up (cf. marito, II. B.):

arbores,

Cato, R. R. 32, 2; Col. 11, 2, 32:

ulmo conjuncta marito (sc. vitis),

Cat. 62, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 8:

olivetum,

Col. 3, 11, 3.—

Impregnating, fertilizing (in postclass. poetry):

fluctus (Nili),

Avien. Perieg. 339: imbres, Pervigil. Ven. 4, 11.—

Subst.

mărītus, i, m., a married man, husband (freq. and class.; cf.

conjux, vir): ditis damnosos maritos sub basilica quaerito,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10:

ut maritus sis quam optimae (mulieris),

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

sororis,

id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 57, 10; Quint. 6, 2, 14; 3, 11, 4; Suet. Caes. 43; 52; 81; Tac. A. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1; 2, 20, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 1; Just. 1, 7, 19; Val Max. 8, 2, 14; Gell. 1, 17 et saep.: insidian [p. 1115] iem somno maritorum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

quae major calumnia est quam venire imberbum adulescentem, bene valentem ac maritum,

id. Dom. 14, 37; Liv. 36, 17, 8;

opp. coelebs: seu maritum sive coelibem scortarier,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 14, 58; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11 sq.; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Sen. Ep. 94, 8; Gell. 2, 15:

bonus optandusque maritus,

Juv. 6, 211:

malus ingratusque maritus,

id. 7, 169:

mariti testamentum,

Quint. 9, 2, 73:

patrius,

Verg. A. 3, 297:

Phrygio servire marito,

id. ib. 4, 103:

unico gaudens mulier marito,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 5:

novus,

a newly-married man, a young husband, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 6:

intra quartum et vicesimum annum maritus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3:

recens,

id. ib. 8, 23, 8:

ut juveni primum virgo deducta marito,

Tib. 3, 4, 31:

lex Bithynorum, si quid mulier contrahat, maritum auctorem esse jubet,

Gai. Inst. 1, 193:

si maritus pro muliere se obligaverit,

Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3:

maritus lugendus decem mensibus,

Plaut. Sent. 1, 21, 13.—

Transf.

A lover, suitor ( poet.), Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 10:

aegram (Dido) nulli quondam flexere mariti,

Verg. A. 4, 35.—

Of animals:

ol ens maritus,

i. e. a he-goat, Hor. C. 1, 17, 7:

quem pecori dixere maritum,

Verg. G. 3, 125; so,

gregum,

Col. 7, 6, 4;

of cocks,

id. 8, 5 fin.; Juv. 3, 91.—

In plur.: mă-rīti, ōrum, m., married people, man and wife (post-class.), Dig. 24, 1, 52 fin.:

novi mariti,

newly-married people, a young couple, App. M. 8, p. 201, 36.—

mărīta, ae, f., a married woman, wife ( poet. and postclass.):

marita,

Hor. Epod. 8, 13:

castae maritae,

Ov. F. 2, 139; id. H. 12, 175; Inscr. Orell. 2665; Inscr. Fabr. 299 al.; and freq. on epitaphs.

mărītus, i, v. 1. maritus, II. A.

mărītus, a, um, adj. [mas], of or belonging to marriage, matrimonial, conjugal, nuptial, marriage-.

Adj. (so mostly poet.; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

facibus cessit maritis,

to the nuptial torches, to wedlock, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 33:

faces,

Ov. H. 11, 101:

foedus,

the conjugal tie, id. P. 3, 1, 73:

tori,

id. H. 2, 41:

sacra,

Prop. 3, 20, 26 (4, 20, 16); Ov. H. 12, 87:

Venus,

wedded love, id. ib. 16, 283; cf.:

fides,

conjugal fidelity, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11: lex, respecting marriage, a marriage-law (de maritandis ordinibus, Suet. Aug. 34), Hor. C. S. 20.—In prose:

vagabatur per maritas domos dies noctesque,

i. e. the houses of married people, Liv. 27, 31, 5 Drak.—

Transf.

Of plants, wedded, i. e. tied up (cf. marito, II. B.):

arbores,

Cato, R. R. 32, 2; Col. 11, 2, 32:

ulmo conjuncta marito (sc. vitis),

Cat. 62, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 8:

olivetum,

Col. 3, 11, 3.—

Impregnating, fertilizing (in postclass. poetry):

fluctus (Nili),

Avien. Perieg. 339: imbres, Pervigil. Ven. 4, 11.—

Subst.

mărītus, i, m., a married man, husband (freq. and class.; cf.

conjux, vir): ditis damnosos maritos sub basilica quaerito,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10:

ut maritus sis quam optimae (mulieris),

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

sororis,

id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 57, 10; Quint. 6, 2, 14; 3, 11, 4; Suet. Caes. 43; 52; 81; Tac. A. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1; 2, 20, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 1; Just. 1, 7, 19; Val Max. 8, 2, 14; Gell. 1, 17 et saep.: insidian [p. 1115] iem somno maritorum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

quae major calumnia est quam venire imberbum adulescentem, bene valentem ac maritum,

id. Dom. 14, 37; Liv. 36, 17, 8;

opp. coelebs: seu maritum sive coelibem scortarier,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 14, 58; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11 sq.; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Sen. Ep. 94, 8; Gell. 2, 15:

bonus optandusque maritus,

Juv. 6, 211:

malus ingratusque maritus,

id. 7, 169:

mariti testamentum,

Quint. 9, 2, 73:

patrius,

Verg. A. 3, 297:

Phrygio servire marito,

id. ib. 4, 103:

unico gaudens mulier marito,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 5:

novus,

a newly-married man, a young husband, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 6:

intra quartum et vicesimum annum maritus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3:

recens,

id. ib. 8, 23, 8:

ut juveni primum virgo deducta marito,

Tib. 3, 4, 31:

lex Bithynorum, si quid mulier contrahat, maritum auctorem esse jubet,

Gai. Inst. 1, 193:

si maritus pro muliere se obligaverit,

Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3:

maritus lugendus decem mensibus,

Plaut. Sent. 1, 21, 13.—

Transf.

A lover, suitor ( poet.), Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 10:

aegram (Dido) nulli quondam flexere mariti,

Verg. A. 4, 35.—

Of animals:

ol ens maritus,

i. e. a he-goat, Hor. C. 1, 17, 7:

quem pecori dixere maritum,

Verg. G. 3, 125; so,

gregum,

Col. 7, 6, 4;

of cocks,

id. 8, 5 fin.; Juv. 3, 91.—

In plur.: mă-rīti, ōrum, m., married people, man and wife (post-class.), Dig. 24, 1, 52 fin.:

novi mariti,

newly-married people, a young couple, App. M. 8, p. 201, 36.—

mărīta, ae, f., a married woman, wife ( poet. and postclass.):

marita,

Hor. Epod. 8, 13:

castae maritae,

Ov. F. 2, 139; id. H. 12, 175; Inscr. Orell. 2665; Inscr. Fabr. 299 al.; and freq. on epitaphs.

mărītus, i, v. 1. maritus, II. A.

pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).

Lit.:

pingues Thebani,

Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

pingui tentus omaso Furius,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 147:

pinguem facere gallinam,

Col. 8, 7:

pinguior agnus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

pinguissimus haedulus,

Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

comedite pinguia,

Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—

Transf.

Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

ager,

Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

sanguine pinguior Campus,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

sulcus,

i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

fimus,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

hortus,

id. ib. 4, 118:

stabula, of beehives,

rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

arae,

id. A. 4, 62:

ficus,

plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

saliva,

Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

tura pingues facientia flammas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

id. M. 10, 176:

pingues taedae,

full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

pingues arae,

full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

coma,

anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

mensa,

rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

incusa pingui auro dona,

Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

pingui flumine Nilus,

Verg. A. 9, 31.—

Bedaubed, besmeared:

pinguia crura luto,

Juv. 3, 247:

virga,

limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—

Thick, dense:

caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

folia pinguissima,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

toga,

Suet. Aug. 82:

lacernae,

Juv. 9, 28:

pinguissima coma,

very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—

Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

sapor,

Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—

Trop.

Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

pingue sed ingenium mansit,

Ov. M. 11, 148:

insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—

Siout, bold, strong:

verba,

Quint. 12, 10, 35:

facundia,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.—

Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et pingui membra quiete levat,

Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

secessus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

pinguius otium,

id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—

Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

pexus pinguisque doctor,

Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.

Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—

Transf., abundantly, liberally:

pinguius succurrere,

Dig. 44, 2, 14.—

Trop., dully, stupidly:

pinguius aliquid accipere,

Dig. 42, 1, 49.

pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).

Lit.:

pingues Thebani,

Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

pingui tentus omaso Furius,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 147:

pinguem facere gallinam,

Col. 8, 7:

pinguior agnus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

pinguissimus haedulus,

Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

comedite pinguia,

Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—

Transf.

Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

ager,

Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

sanguine pinguior Campus,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

sulcus,

i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

fimus,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

hortus,

id. ib. 4, 118:

stabula, of beehives,

rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

arae,

id. A. 4, 62:

ficus,

plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

saliva,

Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

tura pingues facientia flammas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

id. M. 10, 176:

pingues taedae,

full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

pingues arae,

full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

coma,

anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

mensa,

rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

incusa pingui auro dona,

Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

pingui flumine Nilus,

Verg. A. 9, 31.—

Bedaubed, besmeared:

pinguia crura luto,

Juv. 3, 247:

virga,

limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—

Thick, dense:

caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

folia pinguissima,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

toga,

Suet. Aug. 82:

lacernae,

Juv. 9, 28:

pinguissima coma,

very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—

Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

sapor,

Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—

Trop.

Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

pingue sed ingenium mansit,

Ov. M. 11, 148:

insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—

Siout, bold, strong:

verba,

Quint. 12, 10, 35:

facundia,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.—

Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et pingui membra quiete levat,

Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

secessus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

pinguius otium,

id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—

Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

pexus pinguisque doctor,

Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.

Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—

Transf., abundantly, liberally:

pinguius succurrere,

Dig. 44, 2, 14.—

Trop., dully, stupidly:

pinguius aliquid accipere,

Dig. 42, 1, 49.

pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).

Lit.:

pingues Thebani,

Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

pingui tentus omaso Furius,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 147:

pinguem facere gallinam,

Col. 8, 7:

pinguior agnus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

pinguissimus haedulus,

Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

comedite pinguia,

Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—

Transf.

Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

ager,

Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

sanguine pinguior Campus,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

sulcus,

i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

fimus,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

hortus,

id. ib. 4, 118:

stabula, of beehives,

rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

arae,

id. A. 4, 62:

ficus,

plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

saliva,

Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

tura pingues facientia flammas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

id. M. 10, 176:

pingues taedae,

full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

pingues arae,

full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

coma,

anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

mensa,

rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

incusa pingui auro dona,

Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

pingui flumine Nilus,

Verg. A. 9, 31.—

Bedaubed, besmeared:

pinguia crura luto,

Juv. 3, 247:

virga,

limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—

Thick, dense:

caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

folia pinguissima,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

toga,

Suet. Aug. 82:

lacernae,

Juv. 9, 28:

pinguissima coma,

very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—

Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

sapor,

Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—

Trop.

Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

pingue sed ingenium mansit,

Ov. M. 11, 148:

insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—

Siout, bold, strong:

verba,

Quint. 12, 10, 35:

facundia,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.—

Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et pingui membra quiete levat,

Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

secessus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

pinguius otium,

id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—

Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

pexus pinguisque doctor,

Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.

Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—

Transf., abundantly, liberally:

pinguius succurrere,

Dig. 44, 2, 14.—

Trop., dully, stupidly:

pinguius aliquid accipere,

Dig. 42, 1, 49.