infarcio

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

in-farcĭo (infercio), si, sum and tum, 4, v. a.

I To stuff into any thing.

A Lit.: in eas partes largum salem infarcito, Col. 12, 53, 2: crumenis turpe lucrum, Prud. Psych. 459.— Pass. : parietes quos appellant formaceos, inferciuntur verius quam struuntur, Plin. 35, 14, 48, § 169. —

B Trop.: inferciens verba, Cic. Or. 69, 231; Tert. Anim. 6.—

II Aliquid aliqua re, to stuff with something: bracteas leviore materiā, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25: se cibo, Lact. Most. Pers. 49, 3: crinibus, Tert. Pall. 4: stercoribus, id. adv. Marc. 3, 10.