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venter
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Lewis Short
venter (noun M) : perh. for gventer; cf. Gr. γαστήρ; Sanscr. gatharas.
* Lit.
* In gen., the belly (syn.: alvus, abdomen),Plin. 11, 37, 82. § 207; Cels. 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 4; Cic. Div 2, 58, 119.— Plur., Mart. 13, 26, 1; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157.
* Transf.
* The womb: homines in ventre necandos Conducit,Juv. 6, 596.
* The fruit of the womb, foetus: ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv 1, 34, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Col. 6, 24, 2; Dig. 5, 4, 3; 25, 6, 1; 37, 9, 1, § 13; 29, 2, 30; Ov. M. 11, 311; Hor. Epod. 17, 50.
* The bowels, entrails, Col. 9, 14, 6; Plin. 11, 20, 23, § 70.
* Of any thing that swells or bellies out, a belly, i. e. a swelling, protuberance: tumidoque cucurbita ventre,Prop. 4, 2, 23 (5, 2, 43); Verg. G. 4, 122: lagonae,Juv. 12, 60: concavus tali,Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255: parietis,Dig. 8, 5, 17: aquae ductus,Vitr. 8, 7.
* Lit.
* In gen., the belly (syn.: alvus, abdomen),Plin. 11, 37, 82. § 207; Cels. 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 4; Cic. Div 2, 58, 119.— Plur., Mart. 13, 26, 1; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157.
* Transf.
* The womb: homines in ventre necandos Conducit,Juv. 6, 596.
* The fruit of the womb, foetus: ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv 1, 34, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Col. 6, 24, 2; Dig. 5, 4, 3; 25, 6, 1; 37, 9, 1, § 13; 29, 2, 30; Ov. M. 11, 311; Hor. Epod. 17, 50.
* The bowels, entrails, Col. 9, 14, 6; Plin. 11, 20, 23, § 70.
* Of any thing that swells or bellies out, a belly, i. e. a swelling, protuberance: tumidoque cucurbita ventre,Prop. 4, 2, 23 (5, 2, 43); Verg. G. 4, 122: lagonae,Juv. 12, 60: concavus tali,Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255: parietis,Dig. 8, 5, 17: aquae ductus,Vitr. 8, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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