adjective

prae-pinguis

neut. prae-pingue

very fat poetic

very fat (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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Lit.: sues, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207: solum, i. e. very rich, very fertile, Verg. A. 3, 698: ubertas, Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 162: quod praepinguis fuerit visus, Suet. Galb. 3.—

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Trop.: vox praepinguis, too thick, Quint. 11, 3, 32.

Perseus ID: n37840 Key: praepinguis