(v. a.P. a.) : săgīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.sagina (class.; cf. educare).
* Lit.
* Of animals, to fatten, fat: pullos columbinos,Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9: boves ad sacrificia,id. ib. 2, 1, 20: aves offis,Col. 8, 7, 3: equum hordeo ervoque (with roborare largo cibo),id. 6, 27, 8: porcum,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 23: corpus,Curt. 9, 7, 16: glires fagi glande,Plin. 16, 6, 7, § 18: catulos ferarum molliore praedā,Quint. 12, 6, 6 et saep.
* Transf., to feed, nourish, etc.: terra multorum annorum frondibus et herbis, velut saginata largioribus pabulis,Col. 2, 1, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 54: fons umore supero saginatus,Sol. 45: qui ab illo pestifero ac perdito cive jampridem rei publicae sanguine saginantur, * Cic. Sest. 36, 78; Curt. 5, 1, 39; Tac. H. 4, 42.—Hence, săgīnātus, a, um, P. a., fattened, fat (late Lat.): saginatior hostia,Hier. Ep. 21, 12; so, Christianus ursis,Tert. Jejun. 17 fin.: vitulum,Vulg. Luc. 15, 23.