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prae-pinguis , e, adj.,
I.very fat (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “sues,Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207: “solum,” i. e. very rich, very fertile, Verg. A. 3, 698: “ubertas,Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 162: “quod praepinguis fuerit visus,Suet. Galb. 3.—
II. Trop.: “vox praepinguis,too thick, Quint. 11, 3, 32.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.698
    • Suetonius, Galba, 3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.32
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