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dē-grăvo , no
I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to weigh or press down, to overpower (not ante-Aug.).
I. Prop.: “unda caput,” Prop. 3, 7, 58 (4, 6, 58 M.); so, “caput,” Ov. M. 5, 352: “altam ulmum (vitis),” id. Tr. 5, 3, 35: “partīs navigii,” Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10: “circumventum cornu,” Liv. 3, 62: “litora ingenti passu,” Ov. M. 13, 777 al.—Absol.: “pulverum mole degravante,” Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 83.—
II. Trop., to drag down, burden, incommode: “peritos nandi lassitudo et vulnera et pavor degravant,” Liv. 4, 33 fin.: “haec gremium, laxos degravat illa sinus,” Ov. F. 4, 436: “aetas aliquem,” Sen. Ep. 30, 1. Cf. absol.: “vulnus degravabat,” id. 7, 24.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.352
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.777
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.83
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 62
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 30.1
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.3
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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