I.loaded, laden, burdened, freighted, etc. (class.).
I. Lit.: “asellus onustus auro,” Cic. Att. 1, 16, 12 (dub.): “naves onustae frumento,” id. Off. 3, 12: “currus quinque liberis,” Tac. A. 2, 41: “magna vis camelorum onusta frumenti,” id. ib. 15, 12.—
B. Transf.
1. Filled, full, abounding in: “ager praedā onustus,” Sall. J. 87, 1: “pharetrae telis,” Tac. A. 12, 13.—
2. Full, satisfied with food (anteclass.): “quia sum onusta mei ex sententiā,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7; id. Merc. 4, 4, 6: “corpus,” overloaded, Lucr. 3, 113.—
II. Trop., loaded, burdened (ante-class.): “omnes exegit foras onustos fustibus,” Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7: “corpus,” burdened, weighed down with years, id. Men. 5, 2, 5: “onustum pectus porto laetitiā lubentiāque,” id. Stich. 2, 1, 3: “fidicina dolis astutiisque,” full of, id. Ep. 3, 2, 39: “corpus hesternis vitiis,” Hor. S. 2, 2, 77.— Sup.: “carri onustissimi,” Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 2, 26, 14.
