(verb) : farcĭo, farsi, fartum, sometimes farctum (post-class. form farsum, Petr. 69; Apic. 4, 2; 8, 8;
* And farcītum,Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 22), 4, Gr. φρακ-, φράσσω, to shut in; cf. Lat. frequens; Germ. Berg, Burg, to stuff, cram, fill full (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: pulvinus perlucidus Melitensi rosa fartus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: medios parietes farcire fractis caementis,Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 172: intestinum,Apic. 2, 3: mustelae ventriculus coriandro fartus,Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60: Jovis satelles jecore opimo farta et satiata, etc., Cic. Poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 24; cf.: edaces et se ultra quam capiunt farcientes,Sen. Ep. 108.
* Transf. (rare; not in Cic.).
* In gen., to fill, cram with any thing: fartum totum theatrum,filled,App. Flor. p. 353, 37: infinitis vectigalibus (rex) erat fartus,Vitr. 2, 8 med.; Cat. 28, 12.
* To stuff or cram into: in os farciri pannos imperavit,Sen. Ira, 3, 19: totum lignum in gulam,id. Ep. 70 med.: ischaemon in nares,Plin. 25, 8, 45, § 83: hinc farta premitur angulo Ceres omni,i. e. copious, abundant,Mart. 3, 58, 6.—Hence, fartum (farctum), i, n., stuffing, filling, inside: intestina et fartum eorum, cum id animal nullo cibo vivat, etc.,Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 117; Col. 5, 10, 11; id. Arb. 21, 2 (for which: pulpa fici,Pall. 4, 10): viaticum,a filling for the journey,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 45, acc. to Ritschl.—Comically: fartum vestis, i. q. corpus,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 13 (but in Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 8, read stragem, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

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