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pinguĭtūdo , ĭnis, f. id.,
I.fatness, richness, coarseness, rankness.
I. Lit.: vere sus usque adeo pinguitudine crescere solet, ut, etc., Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6; Plin. 11, 37, 71, § 186: “olei,Col. 12, 52, 17: “soli,id. 4, 24, 19: “palmitis,Pall. 3, 12, 2.—
II. Transf., broadness, coarseness of pronunciation, opp. to exilitas, Quint. 1, 11, 4 (v. l. pinguedine).
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 11.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.24.19
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