suffarcino

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

suf-farcĭno (subf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to stuff full, to cram (ante- and postclass.).

I Lit.: incedunt suffarcinati cum libris, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 10: vidi Cantharam Suffarcinatam, stuffed out , i. e. with a bundle under her dress , Ter. And. 770: bellule suffarcinatus, crammed full , gorged with food , Ap. Met. 10, 16, 14; aliquem multis muneribus, id. ib. 9, 29, 7.—

II Transf., to deck , adorn , enrich : auro et argento et veste, Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 28. (* suffarrānĕus or suffarrānĭus , a false read. for furnariae, Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 135 Sillig ad h. l.)

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