praepinguis

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Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prae-pinguis: e, adj.,
I very fat (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I 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.—
II Trop.: vox praepinguis, too thick, Quint. 11, 3, 32.