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fētus (foet- ), a, um, adj. Part., from ‡ FEO, whence also: fecundus, femina, fenus, felix, that is or was filled with young (syn.: gravidus, praegnans).
I. Pregnant, breeding (mostly poet.).
A. Lit.: “lenta salix feto pecori,Verg. E. 3, 83; 1, 50: “vulpes,Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.—
2. Transf.
a. Of land, fruitful, productive: “(terra) feta parit nitidas fruges, etc.,Lucr. 2, 994; cf.: terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, * Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156: “loca palustribus ulvis,Ov. M. 14, 103: “regio nec pomo nec uvis,id. P. 1, 7, 13; id. F. 1, 662.—Also of plants: “palmites,Col. 3, 21, 3.—
b. In gen., filled with any thing, full: “machina armis,Verg. A. 2, 238: “loca furentibus austris,id. ib. 1, 51: “colla serpentis veneno,Sil. 17, 448.—
B. Trop., full of.—With abl.: “feta furore Megaera,Sil. 13, 592: “praecordia bello,id. 17, 380: “praecordia irā,id. 11, 203. —With gen.: “fetas novales Martis,Claud. Bell. Get. 25; “and in a Gr. construction: fetus Gradivo mentem,id. 10, 14.—
II. That has brought forth, newly delivered: veniebant fetam amicae gratulatum, Varr. ap. Non. 312, 12: “agiles et fetae (opp. tardiores et gravidae),Col. 7, 3 fin.: “ursa,Ov. M. 13, 803: “lupa,Verg. A. 8, 630: “ovis,id. E. 1, 50; Ov. F. 2, 413: “qua feta jacebat uxor et infantes ludebant,Juv. 14, 167.—Absol.: “insueta gravis temptabunt pabula fetas,Verg. E. 1, 49.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.803
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.103
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.238
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.630
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.994
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.62
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.7
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.21.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.3
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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