praegnātĭo, ōnis, f. [praegnas], a getting with child or with young, a making pregnant; a being with child or with young, pregnancy (ante- and post-class.).
I Lit., Ap. Met. 1, 9, 13.—Of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 1.—
B Transf., of plants, Varr. R. R. 1, 44.—
II Trop., the cause of fertility , the universal productiveness of nature : o naturarum omnium fecunda praegnatio, App. Trismeg. p. 101, 30.