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                    "description": "(adjective) : praegnans, antis (collateral form praegnas, ātis, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 95; 4, 3, 37; M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 4, 6 Mai; Macr. S. 3, 11 fin.; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 105 et saep.),  prae- and root gna of gnascor (nascor); cf. gigno\n* With child, pregnant; of animals, big with young (class.; syn.: gravidus, fetus).\n* Lit.: gravida est, quae jam gravatur conceptu: praegnans velut occupata in generando, quod conceperit: inciens propinqua partui, quod incitatus sit fetus ejus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.: uxor,Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183: soror,id. Att. 1, 10, 4: facere aliquam praegnantem,Juv. 6, 404: sus,Varr. R. R. 2, 4: ovis,id. ib. 2, 2: equa,Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180: perdices,id. 10, 33, 51, § 102.\n* Transf.\n* Of plants: praegnas,Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 58: surculi praegnates, hoc est, gemmatione turgentes,id. 17, 14, 24, § 105: oculi arborum praegnates,id. 17, 21, 35, § 155.— Of stones: est autem lapis iste praegnans, intus, cum quatias, alio, velut in utero, sonante,Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 12: Paeanitides gemmae praegnates fieri,id. 37, 10, 66, § 180. —Of other things: nitrariae praegnates,Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 112.\n* In gen., full of, swollen with any thing: praegnas suco herba,Plin. 24, 15, 80, § 130: ostrea multo lacte praegnatia,id. 32, 6, 21, § 59: veneno vipera,id. 11, 37, 62, § 164: cucurbita,full, swollen, large,Col. 10, 379: stamine fusus. Juv. 2, 55.—In the lang. of comedy: plagae,hard, stout, smart blows,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10."
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