gravido

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

grăvĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gravidus], to burden, load.

I In gen.: gravidavit = implevit. Caecilius: Per mysteria hic inhoneste gravidavit probro, Non. 118, 12 sq. ( Caecil. Com. Fragm. v. 223 Rib.).—

II In partic., to impregnate : gravidari ex aliquo, Aur. Vict. Epit. 14.—Transf.: quae (terra) gravidata seminibus omnia pariat et fundat ex sese, * Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 83.

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