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praegravis

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(adjective) : prae-grăvis, e
* Very heavy (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: praegrave onus,Ov. H. 9, 98: caput,Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77: unda,Mart. 4, 18, 4: perdix feta praegravem aut delumbem esse simulans,heavy, clumsy,Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103: praegravis corpore,Liv. 44, 4, 10: cibo vinoque praegraves,Tac. H. 2, 21.
* Trop., very heavy, oppressive, burdensome: praegraves pavonum greges, i. e. very expensive, Varr. ap. Non. 440, 14 (al. graves): tertium consulatum ut praegravem recusare,Plin. Pan. 57, 4: servitium,id. 7, 8, 6, § 46.—Of persons, very wearisome (Tacitean): delatores,Tac. A. 4, 71: vir principi praegravis,id. ib. 11, 19; 14, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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