verb transitive

prae-grăvo

2nd PP prae-grăvāre · 3rd PP prae-grāvi · 4th PP prae-grăvātum · conj. 1st

to press heavily upon; to oppress with weight; to encumber

to press heavily upon, to oppress with weight, to encumber (perh. not before the Aug. period).

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Lit.: exonerare praegravante turbā regnum cupiens, Liv. 5, 34: praegravata telis scuta, burdened, heavy, id. 7, 23: caper praegravantibus auribus, drooping, Col. 7, 6.—

to exceed in weight; preponderate by extension •

Transf., to exceed in weight, preponderate: ne praegravet fructus parte aliquā, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

to weigh down; depress; presses them down by his own superiority figuratively

Trop., to weigh down, depress: qui praegravat artes, Infra se positas, qs. presses them down by his own superiority, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.—

To preponderate •

To preponderate: cito apparebit, pars civitatis deterior quanto praegravet, Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1; Suet. Caes. 76.

Perseus ID: n37649 Key: praegravo