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inglŭvĭes , ēi, f. a gula dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Sanscr. gar-, girami, swallow; Lat. glutire,
I.the crop, maw.
I. Lit., of animals, Varr. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 431: “vacua,” Col. 8, 5 med.: “hic piscibus atram Improbus ingluviem, ranisque loquacibus explet,” Verg. G. 3, 431.—Of persons, App. M. 1, p. 109, 29: “turgida,” Front. ad Anton. Imp. 2, 12.—
II. Transf., voraciousness, gluttony: “avi cur atque parentis Praeclaram ingratā stringat malus ingluvie rem,” Hor. S. 1, 2, 8: “profunda,” Gell. 7, 16, 4: “notabilis ingluvie atque voracitate,” Eutr. 7, 18 (ap. Petr. 119, read inluvies).
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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