prae-grăvo — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

prae-grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to press heavily upon, to oppress with weight, to encumber (perh. not before the Aug. period). Lit.: exonerare praegravante turbā regnum cupiens, Liv. 5, 34: praegravata telis scuta, burdened, heavy, id. 7, 23: caper praegravantibus auribus, drooping, Col. 7, 6.— Transf., to exceed in weight, preponderate: ne praegravet fructus parte aliquā, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.— Trop., to weigh down, depress: qui praegravat artes, Infra se positas, qs. presses them down by his own superiority, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.— To preponderate: cito apparebit, pars civitatis deterior quanto praegravet, Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1; Suet. Caes. 76.

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prae-grăvo

Headword (normalized):

prae-grăvo

Headword (normalized/stripped):

prae-gravo

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37684

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n37649

Key:

praegravo

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