pinguesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [pinguis], to become or grow fat.
I Lit.: emaciatum armentum medicā (herbā) pinguescit, Col. 2, 11, 2: attilus (piscis) in Pado inertiā pinguescens, Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; 18, 14, 36, § 134: frumenta pinguescunt, id. 17, 2, 2, § 15: campos sanguine, grow fertile , Verg. G. 1, 492.—
II Transf.
A To grow fat , rich , or oily : vinum Maroneum vetustate pinguescit, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 54: nuces juglandes, id. 19, 5, 30, § 95.—
B To become shining , like fat: achates politurā pinguescit, Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 177.—
C To aspirate in speaking: Aeolenses Graeci, in quibusdam dictionibus, ut pinguescant, digamma apponunt ut pro Elena dicunt Velena, Serg. p. 1827 P.—
III Poet., to increase , grow more violent : flammae pinguescunt, Sil. 7, 354.