I.the lap, bosom (freq. and class.; cf. sinus).
I. Lit.: “in gremium imbrem aureum (mittere),” Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37: “(Juppiter) puer lactens Fortunae in gremio sedens, mammam appetens,” Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; id. Brut. 58, 211; id. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Cat. 45, 2; Verg. A. 11, 744 al.—Poet.: “quiipse sui gnati minxerit in gremium,” i. e. has dishonored his son's wife, Cat. 67, 30.—
II. Transf.: “terra gremio mollito et subacto semen sparsum excipit,” Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: “Aetolia medio fere Graeciae gremio continetur,” i. e. in the heart, centre, id. Pis. 37, 91: “in gremio Thebes,” Sil. 3, 678: “e gremio Capuae,” id. 12, 204; cf.: “Padus gremio Vesuli montis profluens,” from the bowels, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117: “molarum,” Verg. M. 23: “fluminis,” Sil. 8, 192: “excusso in mediam curiam togae gremio,” Flor. 2, 6, 7: “haec sunt, o carnifex, in gremio sepulta consulatus tui,” Cic. Pis. 5, 11: “abstrahi e sinu gremioque patriae,” id. Cael. 24, 59: “in fratris gremio,” id. Clu. 5, 13: “quaecumque mihi fortuna fidesque est, In vestris pono gremiis,” Verg. A. 9, 261: “fingamus igitur Alexandrum dari nobis impositum gremio,” i. e. under our guidance, Quint. 1, 1, 24; 1, 2, 1; 2, 4, 15; “2, 5, 5: quis gremio Enceladi affert quantum meruit labor?” Juv. 7, 215.
