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|lshtext=<b>venter</b>: [[tris]], m. perh. for gventer; cf. Gr. [[γαστήρ]]; Sanscr. gatharas.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., the [[belly]] (syn.: [[alvus]], [[abdomen]]), Plin. 11, 37, 82. § 207; Cels. 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 4; Cic. Div 2, 58, 119.— Plur., Mart. 13, 26, 1; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., as the [[seat]] of the [[stomach]], conveying the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[greediness]], gormandizing, the [[paunch]], [[maw]]: Cyclopis [[venter]], [[velut]] [[olim]] turserat [[alte]], Carnibus humanis [[distentus]], Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 326 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 33: ventri operam [[dare]], id. Ps. 1, 2, 43; id. Pers. 1, 3, 18; Hor. S. 1, 6, 128; 2, 8, 5; id. Ep. 1, 15, 32; Juv. 3, 167; 11, 40: [[proin]] tu tui cottidiani victi ventrem ad me adferas, i. e. an [[appetite]] for [[ordinary]] [[food]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 75: vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, ye maws, for ye gluttons, gormandizers, Lucil. ap. Non. 11, 8.—In partic.: ventrem facere, to [[have]] a [[passage]] at [[stool]], Veg. Vet. 3, 57.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[womb]]: homines in ventre necandos Conducit, Juv. 6, 596.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[fruit]] of the [[womb]], fœtus: [[ignorans]] nurum ventrem ferre, Liv 1, 34, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Col. 6, 24, 2; Dig. 5, 4, 3; 25, 6, 1; 37, 9, 1, § 13; 29, 2, 30; Ov. M. 11, 311; Hor. Epod. 17, 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[bowels]], [[entrails]], Col. 9, 14, 6; Plin. 11, 20, 23, § 70.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of [[any]] [[thing]] [[that]] swells or bellies [[out]], a [[belly]], i. e. a [[swelling]], [[protuberance]]: tumidoque [[cucurbita]] ventre, Prop. 4, 2, 23 (5, 2, 43); Verg. G. 4, 122: lagonae, Juv. 12, 60: [[concavus]] tali, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255: parietis, Dig. 8, 5, 17: aquae [[ductus]], Vitr. 8, 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ventĕr</b>,⁹ [[tris]], m.,<br /><b>1</b> ventre [de l’h. ou des animaux] : Cic. Div. 2, 119 ; Lucr. 5, 1322 ; [[Varro]] R. 2, 7, 4 &#124;&#124; ventri operam dare Pl. Ps. 175, soigner son ventre, sa panse ; [[quidquid]] quæsierat ventri donabat avaro Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 32, tout ce qu’il trouvait, il l’offrait en don à son ventre [[avide]] &#124;&#124; [[venter]] [[Faliscus]], v. [[Faliscus]]<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> sein de la mère : Juv. 6, 596 ; <b> b)</b> ventrem ferre Liv. 1, 34, 2, être en état de grossesse, cf. [[Varro]] R. 2, 1, 19, etc. ; <b> c)</b> intestins : Col. Rust. 9, 14, 6 ; Plin. 11, 70 ; <b> d)</b> ventre, flancs : [du concombre] Virg. G. 4, 122 ; [d’une bouteille] Juv. 12, 60 ; [renflement d’un aqueduc] Vitr. Arch. 8, 7. gén. pl. toujours ventrium : Plin. 9, 157 ; [[Sol]]. 32, 26 ; Arn. 7, 24.
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