minerva

Mĭnerva (old orthogr. Menerva, like magester, leber, etc., acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 17), ae, f. [from the root men, whence mens, memini, moneo, etc.; v. infra], a Roman goddess, identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene, the daughter of Zeus, and the goddess of wisdom, of sense and reflection, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving: Minerva dicta, quod bene moneat. Hanc enim pagani pro sapientiā ponebant; Cornificius vero, quod fingatur pingaturque minitans armis, eandem dictam putat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 180; 3, 23, 59; Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.:

daedala, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. daedalam, p. 68: Minerva nostra, custos urbis,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1:

Minerva Iliensis,

Ulp. Fragm. 22, 6:

Aristoteles... Minervam esse Lunam probabilibus argumentis demonstrat,

Arn. 3, 31.—Prov.: pingui or crassā Minervā aliquid facere, without art, skill, or learning, plainly, rudely, Col. 1 praef. § 33; Cic. Lael 5, 19:

rusticus crassā Minervā,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 3:

invitā Minervā,

contrary to the bent of one's genius or natural abilities, against the grain, Hor. A. P. 385: quia nihil [p. 1146] decet invitā, ut aiunt, Minervā, id est adversante et repugnante naturā, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 301:

sus Minervam (docet),

a stupid man will instruct a wise one, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18:

omnis Minervae homo,

jack - of - alltrades, Petr. 43, 8: MINERVA MEDICA, i. e. medicina, the goddess of health, Inscr Rein. 11, 81:

fecit ex ebore aeque Minervam,

a statue of Minerva, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54. — Transf.

A working in wool, spinning and weaving:

tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minervā ( = telā, lanificio),

Verg. A. 8, 409; Ov. M. 4, 33; Prop. 2, 9, 5.—

To form the name of a place.

Minervae Arx, v. Minervius, II. B.—

Minervae Promontorium, a promontory in Campania, to the south-east of Surrentum, the abode of the Sirens, now Punta della Capanella, Liv. 40, 18, 8; Ov. M. 15, 709.

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Mĭnervĭus, a, um, adj. [Minerva], of or belonging to Minerva, Minervian (postclass.):

nomen,

i. e. of Minerva, Arn. 4, 137;

LEGIO,

named after Minerva, Inscr. Orell. 922; 1767; 1894 et saep.:

cives, i. e. Athenienses, because there was in Athens a temple of Minerva,

Arn. 5, 175: versus, verses composed in honor of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. s. v axamenta, p. 3 Müll.—

Subst.: Mĭnervĭum, ii, n.

A temple of Minerva, Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Arn. 6, 193.—

A city and castle (hence also called Arx Minervae, Verg. A. 3, 531) in Calabria, south of Otranto, the primitive seat of the Salentines, now Castro, Liv. 45, 16, 5; Vell. 1, 15, 4.

Mĭnervĭus, a, um, adj. [Minerva], of or belonging to Minerva, Minervian (postclass.):

nomen,

i. e. of Minerva, Arn. 4, 137;

LEGIO,

named after Minerva, Inscr. Orell. 922; 1767; 1894 et saep.:

cives, i. e. Athenienses, because there was in Athens a temple of Minerva,

Arn. 5, 175: versus, verses composed in honor of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. s. v axamenta, p. 3 Müll.—

Subst.: Mĭnervĭum, ii, n.

A temple of Minerva, Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Arn. 6, 193.—

A city and castle (hence also called Arx Minervae, Verg. A. 3, 531) in Calabria, south of Otranto, the primitive seat of the Salentines, now Castro, Liv. 45, 16, 5; Vell. 1, 15, 4.

Pallăs, ădis and ădos, f., = Pallas.

Surname of the Greek goddess Athene, and hence of the corresponding Minerva of the Romans, the goddess of war and wisdom; the inventress of working in wool, and of the cultivation of the olive, on which account the olive-tree was sacred to her:

Pallas Minerva est dicta, quod Pallantem Gigantem interfecerit, vel, sicut putabant, quod in Pallante palude nata est,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

Pallas... Proeliis audax,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 20; Ov. M. 5, 263:

Palladis ales,

the owl, Ov. F. 2, 89:

Pallados arbor,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518; cf.:

rami Palladis,

Verg. A. 7, 154:

iratā Pallade, i. q. invitā Minervā,

Ov. F. 3, 826.—

Transf.

Oil:

infusā Pallade,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 4:

pinguis,

id. H. 19, 44.—

The olive-tree:

dat quoque baciferam Pallada rarus ager,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 8.—

The Palladium:

Helenum raptā cum Pallade captum,

Ov. M. 13, 99:

Pallade conspectā,

id. Tr. 2, 293.—

The number seven, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Mart. Cap. 7, § 738.—

For Vesta, because the Palladium stood in the temple of Vesta: Pallados ignes, Prop 4 (5), 4, 45.—

Deriv.

Pallădĭus, a, um, adj., = Palladios, of or belonging to Pallas, Palladian:

numen Palladium,

i. e. Pallas, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 12:

aegis,

of Pallas, Luc. 7, 570:

Palladiā gaudent silvā vivacis olivae,

Verg. G. 2, 181;

latices,

oil, Ov. M. 8, 275:

corona,

an olive-wreath, id. A. A. 1, 727:

arx,

Troy, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 42:

arces,

Athens, Ov. M. 7, 399:

honores,

shown to Pallas, id. H. 17, 133: pinus, the Argo, because built under Minerva's direction, Val. Fl. 1, 475:

metus,

inspired by Pallas, id. 6, 408: forum, the Roman forum, because there stood a temple of Minerva, Mart. 1, 3, 8:

Palladia Alba, because Domitian caused the Quinquatria in honor of Pallas to be annually celebrated there,

id. 5, 1, 1; cf. Suet. Dom. 4:

Palladia Tolosa, because the sciences flourished there,

Mart. 9, 100, 3:

manus,

i. e. skilful, Stat. S. 1, 1, 5:

ars,

Mart. 6, 13, 2:

lotos,

the flute, id. 8, 51, 14.—

Subst.: Pallădĭum, ii, n., the image or statue of Pallas, which, in the reign of Ilus, fell from heaven at Troy, and during the Trojan war was carried off by Ulysses and Diomed, because the fate of the city depended on the possession of this image. It afterwards came from Greece to Rome, where Metellus saved it from the temple of Vesta when the latter was burned down, Verg. A. 2, 166; Sil. 9, 531; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 29; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 227; Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24; id. Scaur. 2, 48; Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 141; cf. Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 1 sq.; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31.

Pallas, antis (voc. Pallā, Verg. A. 10, 411 al.; also Pallas and Pallan, acc. to Prisc. p. 702), m., = Pallas, the name of several mythic and historical personages.

Son of Pandion, the father of the fifth Minerva, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Ov. M. 7, 500.—

A king of Arcadia, the great-grandfather of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 54 Serv.—

Son of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 104.—

One of the giants, Claud. Gigant. 94; Fest. s. v Pallas, p. 220.—

A freedman of the emperor Claudius, proverbial for his wealth; slain by Nero, Plin. Ep. 7, 29; 8, 6; Tac. A. 12, 53; Juv. 1, 109; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134.—

Derivv.

Pallantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas (the ancestor of Evander), Pallantian: moenia Pallantea, i. e. of the city of Pallanteum, in Italy (v. in the foll.), Verg. A. 9, 196 and 241:

apex,

of the Palatine, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 644. —

Subst.: Pallantēum, i, n.

A city in Arcadia, the residence of Pallas, Liv. 1, 5 init.; Just. 43, 1.—

The city founded by Evander in Italy, on the site where Rome afterwards stood, Verg. A. 8, 54; 341.—

Pallantĭăs, ădis, f., Aurora, so called because descended from Hyperion, the uncle of the giant Pallas, Ov. F. 4, 373; id. M. 9, 420.—

Pallantis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., Aurora (v. Pallantias, supra), Ov. M 15, 700.— Transf., the day, Ov. F. 6, 567.—

Pallantĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas, Pallantian:

Pallantius heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 647.

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Ālĕus, another reading for Alius, = Elius, Plaut. Capt.; v. 1. Alius.

Ălĕus, a, um, adj.: Alea Minerva, the Alean or Alic Minerva, so called either from Aleus, king of Arcadia, or from Alea, a town in that country, Stat. Th. 4, 288.

Ăthēnaeus, a, um, adj., = Athênaios.

Pertaining to the city of Athens, Athenian, of Athens:

Athenaeis in moenibus,

Lucr. 6, 749; Plin. 1 in indic. lib. 8, 11, and 12 al.—

Of or pertaining to Athene ( Minerva): Ăthēnaeum, i, n., = Athênaion, a temple of Minerva at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works (as the Rom. poets in the temple of Apollo at Rome; cf.

aedes, I.),

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 35; a similar building for the same object, built by the emperor Adrian at Rome, Aur. Vict. Caes. 14.

Ăthēnaeus, i, m., = Athênaios, a Greek grammarian of Naucratis, in the time of the emperor M. Aurelius, author of the compilation entitled Deipnosophistai.

ĕra (less correctly, hera; v. erus), ae (archaic gen. sing. ĕrāï, Aus. Idyll. 7, 5), f. [erus].

Prop., the mistress of a house, with respect to the servants; the mistress, lady: nunquam era errans (i. e. Medea), etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 287 Vahl.):

servus Dat (puellam) erae suae,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 44 sq.; so id. ib. 2, 5, 3; 2, 8, 70; id. Am. 1, 1, 105; Ter. And. 4, 2, 4; id. Eun. 4, 3, 12; 5, 3, 8. So, era major and era minor, the old and young mistress, the lady of the house and her daughter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 22 and 23.—

Meton., a mistress, female ruler or governor.

Of goddesses: domina, era (Minerva), Enn. ap. Ach. Stat. ad Cat. 1, 9 (Vahl. Enn. p. 177, no. 22):

Fortuna, era,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 12 dub.; cf.: vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 Vahl.—for which, sit sane Fors domina campi, Cic. Pis. 2, 3):

rapidi Tritonis era,

i. e. Minerva, Cat. 64, 396:

hilarate erae (i. e. Cybeles) citatis erroribus animum,

id. 63, 18; so ib. 92:

tergeminam tunc placat eram (Hecaten),

Val. Fl. 1, 780:

noctis eram Ditemque ciens,

i. e. Proserpine, id. 7, 313.—

Of sweethearts, Cat. 68, 136; so Ov. H. 9, 78.

invītus, a, um, adj. [perh. for in-vicitus; cf. Sanscr. vaç-, to will; avaças, unwilling; Gr. hekôn, a-ekôn], against one ' s will, unwilling, reluctant (syn. coactus; class.).

Of persons:

invitus me vides,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 23:

ut viatores invitos consistere cogant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 5:

soli hoc contingit sapienti, ut nihil faciat invitus, nihil dolens, nihil coactus,

Cic. Par. 5, 1:

ego eum a me invitissim us dimisi,

very unwillingly, very much against my will, id. Fam. 13, 63:

Berenicen ab urbe dimisit (Titus) invitus invitam,

Suet. Tit. 7:

trahit invitam nova vis,

Ov. M. 7, 19.— Abl. absol.: me (te, se, etc.) invito, against my ( your, his, etc.) will, in spite of me, without my consent:

vobis invitis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 7:

si se invito transire conarentur,

against his will, Caes. B. G. 1, 8:

Sequanis invitis,

id. ib. 1, 9:

diis hominibusque invitis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2:

invito numine,

Verg. A. 10, 31:

invita Diana,

Ov. M. 8, 395: invitā Minervā, against one ' s natural bent, Hor. A. P. 385:

invita Minerva, id est adversante et repugnante natura,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110:

quod et illo et me invitissimo fiet,

altogether contrary both to his inclination and my own, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 9. — With ut:

invitus feci, ut L. Flaminium e senatu eicerem,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 42.—With gen.:

credidit, dominum non invitum fore hujus solutionis,

would not be ill pleased with this payment, Dig. 16, 3, 11.—

Of things:

invita in hoc loco versatur oratio,

Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

invitae properes anni spem credere terrae,

Verg. G. 1, 224:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

dantur in invitos impia tura focos,

Ov. H. 14, 26:

lyra,

id. Am. 3, 9, 24:

ignes,

id. M. 8, 514:

oculis legere,

id. H. 18, 4; cf.:

vultu prospicere,

Val. Fl. 7, 575:

ope,

i. e. furnished involuntarily, Ov. P. 2, 1, 16:

invito sanguine,

Val. Fl. 3, 391. — Adv.: invītē, against one ' s will, unwillingly:

invite cepi Capuam,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 4 (dub.).— Comp.:

invitius,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364.

Lindus ( - os), i, f., = Lindos, a town in the island of Rhodes, founded by Lindus, brother of Ialysus, with a temple of Minerva, now Lindo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 132; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.—Hence,

Lindĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lindus, Lindian:

Lindia Minerva,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155:

Chares,

id. 34, 7, 18, § 41:

Cleobulus,

of Lindus, one of the seven wise men, Aus. Sept. Sap. 1, 16.

Lindus ( - os), i, f., = Lindos, a town in the island of Rhodes, founded by Lindus, brother of Ialysus, with a temple of Minerva, now Lindo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 132; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.—Hence,

Lindĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lindus, Lindian:

Lindia Minerva,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155:

Chares,

id. 34, 7, 18, § 41:

Cleobulus,

of Lindus, one of the seven wise men, Aus. Sept. Sap. 1, 16.

Lindus ( - os), i, f., = Lindos, a town in the island of Rhodes, founded by Lindus, brother of Ialysus, with a temple of Minerva, now Lindo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 132; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.—Hence,

Lindĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lindus, Lindian:

Lindia Minerva,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155:

Chares,

id. 34, 7, 18, § 41:

Cleobulus,

of Lindus, one of the seven wise men, Aus. Sept. Sap. 1, 16.

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.