noun

abdŏmĕn

gen. abdŏmĭnis · gender neuter · decl. 3rd

etym. uncertain; perh. for adipomen, from adeps, or perh. from abdo, to conceal, cover

the fat lower part of the belly, the paunch, abdomen

the fat lower part of the belly, the paunch, abdomen, λαπάρα.

Lit., of men and animals: abdomina thynni, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 22; so Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44; Cels. 4, 1 fin.; Plin. 8, 51, 77 fin.; 11, 37, 84 fin.; Juv. 4, 107; Aus. Idyll. 10, 104. —

gluttony, sensuality by metonymy •

Meton. for gluttony, sensuality: ille heluo natus abdomini suo, non laudi, Cic. Pis. 17, 41; so, natus abdomini, Treb. Gall. 17; cf. also Cic. Pis. 27, 66; id. Sest. 51, 110. —With respect to carnal lust: jamdudum gestit moecho hoc abdomen adimere, Plaut. Mil. 5, 5; but opp. to lechery (libido): alius libidine insanit, alius abdomini servit, Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.

Perseus ID: n54 Key: abdomen