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|lshtext=<b>abdŏmĕn</b>: ĭnis, n. etym. [[uncertain]]; perh. for adipomen, from [[adeps]], or perh. from [[abdo]], to [[conceal]], [[cover]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[fat]] [[lower]] [[part]] of the [[belly]], the [[paunch]], [[abdomen]], [[λαπάρα]].<br /><b>I</b> 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. —<br /><b>II</b> [[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.