Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.onus.
* To load, lade, burden, freight with any thing (class.).
* Lit.: navim magnam multis mercibus,Plaut. Men. prol. 25: naves, ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque, paulo facit humiliores,for loading expeditiously,Caes. B. G. 5, 1: jumenta,Sall. J. 75, 6: naves commeatu, etc.,id. ib. 86, 1: costas aselli pomis,Verg. G. 1, 274: tauri cervix oneratur aratro,is loaded, burdened,Ov. A. A. 1, 19: aures lapillis,id. ib. 3, 129; cf.: umerum pallio,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4: ventrem,to load, fill,Sall. Or. Rep. Ord. 1: epulis onerari,to overload, gorge one's self,Ov. P. 1, 10, 31: vino et epulis onerati,Sall. J. 76, 6: cibus, qui in aegritudine alat neque oneret,without oppressing the stomach,Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 48: vaccas,to cause them to be covered,Pall. 8, 4.
* To load, stow, or heap up any thing in any thing (poet.): vina cadis,Verg. A. 1, 195: canistris Dona Cereris,id. ib. 8, 180.— Hence, ŏnĕrātus, a, um, P. a., filled, full; with gen.: oneratus frugum et floris Liberi, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 95 Rib.).
* Trop., to load, burden, weary; to oppress, overwhelm, overload (with good or evil; cf. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 10, 620), etc.: me amoenitate oneravit dies,has overwhelmed me,Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 7.: laetitiā senem,id. ib. 4, 2, 47: malignitateomnis mortalis,id. ib. 3, 1, 5: diem commoditatibus,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1: aliquem mendaciis,Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61: judicem argumentis,id. N. D. 3, 3, 8: aethera votis,Verg. A. 9, 24: verbis lassas onerantibus aures,Hor. S. 1, 10, 10: aliquem pugnis,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 172: maledictis,id. Ps. 1, 3, 123; cf. contumeliis,Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; for which only absol. Sejanum, Tac. A. 4. 68: aliquem injuriis,Ter. And. 5, 1, 8: aliquem malis,Verg. A. 4, 549: aliquem laudibus,Liv. 4, 13: spe praemiorum,id. 35, 11: promissis,Sall. J. 12, 3: honoribus,Just. 5, 4, 13.
* Transf., to make heavier or more burdensome, to render more oppressive, to heighten, to aggravate (only since the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Tac. and the younger Plin.): injuriam alicujus invidiā,Liv. 38, 56 fin.: pericula alicujus,Tac. A. 16, 30: curas,id. H. 2, 52: delectum avaritiā et luxu,to aggravate, make worse, render more odious,id. ib. 4, 14: onerat te quaesturae tuae famā, quam ex Bithyniā optimam revexisti,Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8; 1, 8, 5; id. Pan. 24, 1; 73, 6.
* Loaded, i. e. deceived, befooled: ille est oneratus recte,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 115: ego illum probe jam oneratum huc admovebo,id. Mil. 3, 3, 61.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary