ŏnĕro — Lewis & Short
ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.onus.
I To load, lade, burden, freight with any thing (class.).
A Lit.:
navim magnam multis mercibus,Plaut. Men. prol. 25:
naves, ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque, paulo facit humiliores,for loading expeditiously, Caes. B. G. 5, 1:
jumenta,Sall. J. 75, 6:
naves commeatu, etc.,id. ib. 86, 1:
costas aselli pomis,Verg. G. 1, 274:
tauri cervix oneratur aratro,is loaded, burdened, Ov. A. A. 1, 19:
aures lapillis,id. ib. 3, 129; cf.:
umerum pallio,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4:
ventrem,to load, fill, Sall. Or. Rep. Ord. 1:
epulis onerari,to overload, gorge one's self, Ov. P. 1, 10, 31:
vino et epulis onerati,Sall. J. 76, 6:
cibus, qui in aegritudine alat neque oneret,without oppressing the stomach, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 48:
vaccas,to cause them to be covered, Pall. 8, 4.—
2 Transf., in gen., to load, cover (poet.):
dapibus mensas onerare,to cover, Verg. G. 4, 133:
manusque ambas jaculis oneravit acutis,id. A. 10, 868:
jaculo palmas oneravit acuto,i. e. armed, id. ib. 11, 574 (but armavit is the better read.; v. Forbig. ad loc.): membra sepulcro, id. ib. 10, 558; cf.:
ossa aggere terrae,id. ib. 11, 212:
aliquem saxis,to stone, Phaedr. 3, 2, 4.—
B Trop., to load, burden, weary; to oppress, overwhelm, overload (with good or evil; cf. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 10, 620), etc.:
me amoenitate oneravit dies,has overwhelmed me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 7.:
laetitiā senem,id. ib. 4, 2, 47:
malignitateomnis mortalis,id. ib. 3, 1, 5:
diem commoditatibus,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:
aliquem mendaciis,Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61:
judicem argumentis,id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:
aethera votis,Verg. A. 9, 24:
verbis lassas onerantibus aures,Hor. S. 1, 10, 10:
aliquem pugnis,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 172:
maledictis,id. Ps. 1, 3, 123; cf.
contumeliis,Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; for which only absol. Sejanum, Tac. A. 4. 68:
aliquem injuriis,Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:
aliquem malis,Verg. A. 4, 549:
aliquem laudibus,Liv. 4, 13:
spe praemiorum,id. 35, 11:
promissis,Sall. J. 12, 3:
honoribus,Just. 5, 4, 13.—
C Transf., to make heavier or more burdensome, to render more oppressive, to heighten, to aggravate (only since the Aug. per.;
esp. freq. in Tac. and the younger Plin.): injuriam alicujus invidiā,Liv. 38, 56 fin.:
pericula alicujus,Tac. A. 16, 30:
curas,id. H. 2, 52:
delectum avaritiā et luxu,to aggravate, make worse, render more odious, id. ib. 4, 14:
onerat te quaesturae tuae famā, quam ex Bithyniā optimam revexisti,Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8; 1, 8, 5; id. Pan. 24, 1; 73, 6.—
II To load, stow, or heap up any thing in any thing (poet.):
vina cadis,Verg. A. 1, 195:
canistris Dona Cereris,id. ib. 8, 180.— Hence, ŏnĕrātus, a, um, P. a., filled, full; with gen.: oneratus frugum et floris Liberi, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 95 Rib.).—
B Loaded, i. e. deceived, befooled:
ille est oneratus recte,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:
ego illum probe jam oneratum huc admovebo,id. Mil. 3, 3, 61.