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(adjective) : fētus (foet-), a, um, Part., from ‡ FEO, whence also: fecundus, femina, fenus, felix, that is or was filled with young (syn.: gravidus, praegnans).
* Pregnant, breeding (mostly poet.).
* Lit.: lenta salix feto pecori,Verg. E. 3, 83; 1, 50: vulpes,Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.
* That has brought forth, newly delivered: veniebant fetam amicae gratulatum, Varr. ap. Non. 312, 12: agiles et fetae (opp. tardiores et gravidae),Col. 7, 3 fin.: ursa,Ov. M. 13, 803: lupa,Verg. A. 8, 630: ovis,id. E. 1, 50; Ov. F. 2, 413: qua feta jacebat uxor et infantes ludebant,Juv. 14, 167.—Absol.: insueta gravis temptabunt pabula fetas,Verg. E. 1, 49.
* Trop., full of.—With abl.: feta furore Megaera,Sil. 13, 592: praecordia bello,id. 17, 380: praecordia irā,id. 11, 203. —With gen.: fetas novales Martis,Claud. Bell. Get. 25; and in a Gr. construction: fetus Gradivo mentem,id. 10, 14.
* In gen., filled with any thing, full: machina armis,Verg. A. 2, 238: loca furentibus austris,id. ib. 1, 51: colla serpentis veneno,Sil. 17, 448.
* Pregnant, breeding (mostly poet.).
* Lit.: lenta salix feto pecori,Verg. E. 3, 83; 1, 50: vulpes,Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.
* That has brought forth, newly delivered: veniebant fetam amicae gratulatum, Varr. ap. Non. 312, 12: agiles et fetae (opp. tardiores et gravidae),Col. 7, 3 fin.: ursa,Ov. M. 13, 803: lupa,Verg. A. 8, 630: ovis,id. E. 1, 50; Ov. F. 2, 413: qua feta jacebat uxor et infantes ludebant,Juv. 14, 167.—Absol.: insueta gravis temptabunt pabula fetas,Verg. E. 1, 49.
* Trop., full of.—With abl.: feta furore Megaera,Sil. 13, 592: praecordia bello,id. 17, 380: praecordia irā,id. 11, 203. —With gen.: fetas novales Martis,Claud. Bell. Get. 25; and in a Gr. construction: fetus Gradivo mentem,id. 10, 14.
* In gen., filled with any thing, full: machina armis,Verg. A. 2, 238: loca furentibus austris,id. ib. 1, 51: colla serpentis veneno,Sil. 17, 448.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
fētus | foet- (noun M) : (), (
* Heteroclit. abl. plur.: fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6, v.in the foll.), m.‡ feo, v.the preced. art...
* Abstr., a bringing forth, bearing, dropping, hatching of young (rare but class.): pater (Juppiter) curavit, uno ut fetu fieret,at one birth,Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25: quarum (bestiarum) in fetu et in educatione laborem cum cernimus,Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63: cornix inauspicatissima fetus tempore,Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30: secundi fetus pecudes signari oportet,Col. 11, 2, 38.
* Transf., of plants, a bearing, producing: quae frugibus atque bacis terrae fetu profunduntur,Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25: periti rerum adseverant, non ferre (Arabiam) tantum annuo fetu (casiae), quantum, etc.,Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83.
* Concr., young, offspring, progeny, brood (the predom. signif. of the word, in sing. and plur.; esp. freq. in poets; cf.: catulus, pullus, hinnus, hinnuleus): quae (bestiae) multiplices fetus procreant, ut sues, ut canes, his mammarum data est multitudo,Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,id. ib.: fetus ventri exsecti,Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217: cervae lactens fetus,a fawn,Ov. M. 6, 637: melliferarum apium,id. ib. 15, 382: ex die emptionis, et fetus pecorum et ancillarum partus ad emptorem pertinent,Paul. Sent. 2, 17, 7: quis (paveat), Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus?the German brood,Hor. C. 4, 5, 27.—So very rarely of human beings: si vitium factum esset, ut (mulier) concipere fetus non posset,Gell. 4, 2, 10.
* Transf., of plants, fruit, produce: ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.: nutriant fetus et aquae salubres Et Jovis aurae,Hor. Carm. Sec. 31: (arbores) crescunt ipsae fetuque gravantur,Lucr. 1, 253; cf. id. 1, 351: Cithaeron frondet viridantibus fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6: arborei,Verg. G. 1, 55: mutatis requiescunt fetibus arva,id. ib. 1, 82; 4, 231: silvae dant alios aliae fetus,id. ib. 2, 442: triticei,Ov. F. 1, 693: gravidi (of grapes), id. M. 8, 294: nucis, i. e. surculus, auricomi,the golden-bough,id. Am. 6, 141; Verg. G. 2, 69: omnis fetus repressus exustusque flos,Cic. Brut. 4, 16.—Of veins of metals: atros fetus chalybis,Sil. 1, 230.
* Trop.: nec ulla aetate uberior oratorum fetus fuit,progeny, growth,Cic. Brut. 49, 182: animi,production,id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: dulces Musarum expromere fetus,Cat. 65, 3.
* Heteroclit. abl. plur.: fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6, v.in the foll.), m.‡ feo, v.the preced. art...
* Abstr., a bringing forth, bearing, dropping, hatching of young (rare but class.): pater (Juppiter) curavit, uno ut fetu fieret,at one birth,Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25: quarum (bestiarum) in fetu et in educatione laborem cum cernimus,Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63: cornix inauspicatissima fetus tempore,Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30: secundi fetus pecudes signari oportet,Col. 11, 2, 38.
* Transf., of plants, a bearing, producing: quae frugibus atque bacis terrae fetu profunduntur,Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25: periti rerum adseverant, non ferre (Arabiam) tantum annuo fetu (casiae), quantum, etc.,Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83.
* Concr., young, offspring, progeny, brood (the predom. signif. of the word, in sing. and plur.; esp. freq. in poets; cf.: catulus, pullus, hinnus, hinnuleus): quae (bestiae) multiplices fetus procreant, ut sues, ut canes, his mammarum data est multitudo,Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,id. ib.: fetus ventri exsecti,Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217: cervae lactens fetus,a fawn,Ov. M. 6, 637: melliferarum apium,id. ib. 15, 382: ex die emptionis, et fetus pecorum et ancillarum partus ad emptorem pertinent,Paul. Sent. 2, 17, 7: quis (paveat), Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus?the German brood,Hor. C. 4, 5, 27.—So very rarely of human beings: si vitium factum esset, ut (mulier) concipere fetus non posset,Gell. 4, 2, 10.
* Transf., of plants, fruit, produce: ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.: nutriant fetus et aquae salubres Et Jovis aurae,Hor. Carm. Sec. 31: (arbores) crescunt ipsae fetuque gravantur,Lucr. 1, 253; cf. id. 1, 351: Cithaeron frondet viridantibus fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6: arborei,Verg. G. 1, 55: mutatis requiescunt fetibus arva,id. ib. 1, 82; 4, 231: silvae dant alios aliae fetus,id. ib. 2, 442: triticei,Ov. F. 1, 693: gravidi (of grapes), id. M. 8, 294: nucis, i. e. surculus, auricomi,the golden-bough,id. Am. 6, 141; Verg. G. 2, 69: omnis fetus repressus exustusque flos,Cic. Brut. 4, 16.—Of veins of metals: atros fetus chalybis,Sil. 1, 230.
* Trop.: nec ulla aetate uberior oratorum fetus fuit,progeny, growth,Cic. Brut. 49, 182: animi,production,id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: dulces Musarum expromere fetus,Cat. 65, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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