grăvĭdus — Lewis & Short
grăvĭdus, a, um, adj.gravis, burdened, loaded; hence in partic.,
I pregnant, with child, with young (class.; syn. praegnans, fetus).
I Lit.
A Adj.: mater, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52 (Trag. v. 57 Vahl.):
puero gravida,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 87:
gravida esse ex aliquo viro,id. ib. prol. 111; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 32;
for which also simply aliquo,Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 18 and 19:
de semine Jovis,Ov. M. 3, 260:
virgo ex eo compressu,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:
prius gravida facta est,Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 73:
facere gravidam aliquam,Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 29:
cum esset gravida uxor, et jam appropinquare partus putaretur,Cic. Clu. 11, 31; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48; Cels. 2, 1; 2, 5 sqq.; of animals, etc. (mostly poet.):
gravida pecus,Verg. G. 2, 150; Ov. F. 4, 633:
muraena,Hor. S. 2, 8, 43:
balaenae,Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—
B Subst.: grăvĭda, ae, f., a pregnant woman, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 22; Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 107; 28, 6, 17, § 59.—
II Transf., laden, filled, full (only poet.); constr. absol., with abl., or gen.
(a) Absol.:
ad fores auscultato ... neu qui manus attulerit steriles intro ad nos, Gravidas foras exportet,Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 4: cum se gravido tremefecit corpore tellus, fruit-laden, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18:
nubes,Lucr. 6, 440 (cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 365); Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 107; cf.:
cornu lunae,Val. Fl. 2, 56:
ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis,loaded, full, Verg. G. 1, 111; so,
aristae,Ov. M. 1, 110:
olivae,id. ib. 7, 281:
fetus,id. ib. 8, 293:
(caprae) gravido superant vix ubere limen,full, Verg. G. 3, 317.—
(b) With abl.:
gravidae nunc semine terrae,Ov. F. 4, 633:
ubera gravida vitali rore,Cic. Div. 1, 12, 20:
tibi pampineo gravidus auctumno Floret ager,Verg. G. 2, 5: equus (Trojanus) armatis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 97 Vahl.):
tempestas fulminibus atque procellis,Lucr. 6, 259:
alvus (serpentis) venenis,Sil. 6, 155:
Amathunta metallis,Ov. M. 10, 531:
stipes nodis,Verg. A. 7, 507:
pharetra sagittis,Hor. C. 1, 22, 3:
urbs bellis,Verg. A. 10, 87; cf.:
Italia imperiis,id. ib. 4, 229:
anus arcanis,Sil. 13, 394:
parens sorte,Val. Fl. 5, 22:
populus noxa,Sil. 13, 542:
pectus curis,Luc. 5, 735; Val. Fl. 2, 161.—
(g) With gen.:
Mellis apes gravidae,Sil. 2, 120.—
III Trop., full, abundant:
quod bonis benefit beneficium, gratia ea gravidast bonis,id. Capt. 2, 2, 108.