I.to add to the weight of, to make heavier.
I. Lit.: “adgravatur pondus,” Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117: “adgravavit jugum nostrum,” Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 10: “compedem meum,” ib. Thren. 3, 7.—
II. Fig.
A. In gen., to make worse or more dangerous, to aggravate: “quo (bello) si adgravatae res essent,” Liv. 4, 12: “odor adgravans capita,” Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 79: “ictus,” id. 28, 4, 7, § 37: “vulnera,” id. 28, 3, 6, § 31: “dolorem,” Curt. 8, 10: “proelium,” Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 3: “quare aggravatis corda vestra?” i. e. harden, ib. 1 Reg. 6, 6.—
B. Esp., to oppress, to burden, annoy, incommode: “sine ope hostis, quae adgravaret,” Liv. 44, 7 fin.: “morbo adgravante (eum),” Suet. Caes. 1: “beneficia rationes nostras adgravatura,” Sen. Ben. 4, 13: “argumenta, quae per se nihil reum adgravare videantur,” appear to be without weight, Quint. 5, 7, 18.
