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praegravo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To press heavily upon, to oppress with weight, to encumber (perh. not before the Aug. period).
* Lit.: exonerare praegravante turbā regnum cupiens,Liv. 5, 34: praegravata telis scuta,burdened, heavy,id. 7, 23: caper praegravantibus auribus,drooping,Col. 7, 6.
* Transf., to exceed in weight, preponderate: ne praegravet fructus parte aliquā,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.
* Trop., to weigh down, depress: qui praegravat artes, Infra se positas, qs. presses them down by his own superiority, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.
* To preponderate: cito apparebit, pars civitatis deterior quanto praegravet,Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1; Suet. Caes. 76.
* To press heavily upon, to oppress with weight, to encumber (perh. not before the Aug. period).
* Lit.: exonerare praegravante turbā regnum cupiens,Liv. 5, 34: praegravata telis scuta,burdened, heavy,id. 7, 23: caper praegravantibus auribus,drooping,Col. 7, 6.
* Transf., to exceed in weight, preponderate: ne praegravet fructus parte aliquā,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.
* Trop., to weigh down, depress: qui praegravat artes, Infra se positas, qs. presses them down by his own superiority, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.
* To preponderate: cito apparebit, pars civitatis deterior quanto praegravet,Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1; Suet. Caes. 76.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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