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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- ŏnĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [onus], burdensome, heavy, oppressive (poet. and in postAug. prose; syn.: gravis, difficilis). I. Lit.:
praeda
, Verg. A. 9, 384.—Of food that is difficult of digestion and causes oppression: cibus etiam valentibus onerosus
, Plin. 23, 7, 62, 115: (ervum) capiti et stomacho onerosum
, id. 22, 25, 73, 153.— Comp.: aër est onerosior igni
, Ov. M. 1, 53. —II. Trop., burdensome, onerous, irksome: onerosior altera sors est
, Ov. M. 9, 675: donatio
, Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 3: quam sit onerosum succedere bono principi
, id. Pan. 44, 7: consolatores
, Vulg. Job, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: ŏnĕrōsē, odiously (post-class.), Paul. Nol. Ep. 11.—Comp.: onerosius
, Cassiod. Anim. 11.
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