praepinguis

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

prae-pinguis, e, adj., very fat (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: sues, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207: solum, i. e. very rich , very fertile , Verg. A. 3, 698: ubertas, Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 162: quod praepinguis fuerit visus, Suet. Galb. 3.—

II Trop.: vox praepinguis, too thick , Quint. 11, 3, 32.

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