dē-grăvo, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to weigh or press down, to overpower (not ante-Aug.).
* Prop.: unda caput,Prop. 3, 7, 58 (4, 6, 58 M.); so, caput,Ov. M. 5, 352: altam ulmum (vitis),id. Tr. 5, 3, 35: partīs navigii,Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10: circumventum cornu,Liv. 3, 62: litora ingenti passu,Ov. M. 13, 777 al.—Absol.: pulverum mole degravante,Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 83.
* Trop., to drag down, burden, incommode: peritos nandi lassitudo et vulnera et pavor degravant,Liv. 4, 33 fin.: haec gremium, laxos degravat illa sinus,Ov. F. 4, 436: aetas aliquem,Sen. Ep. 30, 1. Cf. absol.: vulnus degravabat,id. 7, 24.

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