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Forms: pin-gue (data provider: donatus-sup), pingue (data provider: perseus), pingui (data provider: perseus), pinguia (data provider: perseus), pinguiaque (data provider: perseus), pinguibus (data provider: perseus), pinguibusque (data provider: perseus), pinguique (data provider: perseus), pinguis (data provider: perseus), pinguisque (data provider: perseus), pinguium (data provider: perseus)
Forms: pingue (data provider: perseus), pinguem (data provider: perseus), pingues (data provider: perseus), pinguesque (data provider: perseus), pingui (data provider: perseus), pinguia (data provider: perseus), pinguiaque (data provider: perseus), pinguibus (data provider: perseus), pinguibusque (data provider: perseus), pinguior (data provider: perseus), pinguiora (data provider: perseus), pinguiore (data provider: perseus), pinguiorem (data provider: perseus), pinguiores (data provider: donatus-sup), pinguioribus (data provider: perseus), pinguioris (data provider: donatus-sup), pinguiorque (data provider: donatus-sup), pinguique (data provider: perseus), pinguis (data provider: perseus), pinguisque (data provider: perseus), pinguissima (data provider: perseus), pinguissimae (data provider: perseus), pinguissimam (data provider: perseus), pinguissimi (data provider: donatus-sup), pinguissimis (data provider: perseus), pinguissimo (data provider: perseus), pinguissimum (data provider: perseus), pinguissimus (data provider: perseus), pinguiter (data provider: perseus), pinguium (data provider: perseus), pinguius (data provider: perseus)
Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. paxu/s, stout], = pi/wn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus). I. Lit.:
pingues Thebani
, Cic. Fat. 4, 7: pingui tentus omaso Furius
, Hor. S. 2, 5, 40: me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises
, id. Ep. 1, 4, 15: Lateranus
, Juv. 8, 147: pinguem facere gallinam
, Col. 8, 7: pinguior agnus
, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5: pinguissimus haedulus
, Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, 212; Verg. G. 3, 124: taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia
, Plin. 28, 9, 38, 144: comedite pinguia
, Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—B. Transf. 1. Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition: ager
, Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, 25; cf.: sanguine pinguior Campus
, Hor. C. 2, 1, 29: sulcus
, i. e. drawn in a rich soil
, Luc. 6, 382: fimus
, Verg. G. 1, 80: hortus
, id. ib. 4, 118: stabula, of beehives
, rich
, full of honey
, id. ib. 4, 14: arae
, id. A. 4, 62: ficus
, plump
, juicy
, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf. saliva
, Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense; tura pingues facientia flammas
, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11: corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt
, id. M. 10, 176: pingues taedae
, full of pitch
, Lucr. 3, 681: pingues arae
, full of fat and blood
, Verg. A. 4, 62: coma
, anointed
, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3): mensa
, rich
, luxurious
, Cat. 62, 3; cf.: incusa pingui auro dona
, Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, 115. —Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing: pingui flumine Nilus
, Verg. A. 9, 31.—2. Bedaubed, besmeared: pinguia crura luto
, Juv. 3, 247: virga
, limed twigs
, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—3. Thick, dense: caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum)
, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130: folia pinguissima
, Plin. 21, 9, 29, 53: toga
, Suet. Aug. 82: lacernae
, Juv. 9, 28: pinguissima coma
, very thick
, luxuriant hair
, Suet. Ner. 20.— 4. Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent: sapor
, Plin. 15, 27, 32, 106; id. 15, 28, 33, 109.—II. Trop. A. Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish: Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum
, Cic. Arch. 10, 26: pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium
, id. Ac. 2, 34, 109: nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere
, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267: pingue sed ingenium mansit
, Ov. M. 11, 148: insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius
, Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—B. Siout, bold, strong: verba
, Quint. 12, 10, 35: facundia
, Gell. 17, 10, 8.—C. Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): et pingui membra quiete levat
, Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7: amor
, id. ib. 2, 19, 25: secessus
, Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3: mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam
, id. ib. 7, 26, 3: pinguius otium
, id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—D. Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus: pexus pinguisque doctor
, Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter. 1. Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—2. Transf., abundantly, liberally: pinguius succurrere
, Dig. 44, 2, 14.—3. Trop., dully, stupidly: pinguius aliquid accipere
, Dig. 42, 1, 49.
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