ingluvies

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

inglŭvĭes, ēi, f. [a gula dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Sanscr. gar-, girami, swallow; Lat. glutire], the crop, maw.

I Lit., of animals, Varr. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 431: vacua, Col. 8, 5 med. : hic piscibus atram Improbus ingluviem, ranisque loquacibus explet, Verg. G. 3, 431.—Of persons, Ap. Met. 1, 16, 16; turgida, Front. ad Anton. Imp. 2, 12.—

II Transf., voraciousness , gluttony : avi cur atque parentis Praeclaram ingratā stringat malus ingluvie rem, Hor. S. 1, 2, 8: profunda, Gell. 7, 16, 4: notabilis ingluvie atque voracitate, Eutr. 7, 18 (ap. Petr. 119, read inluvies).

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