ingluvies

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

inglŭvĭes: ēi, f. a gula dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Sanscr. gar-, girami, swallow; Lat. glutire,
I the crop, maw.
I Lit., of animals, Varr. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 431: vacua, Col. 8, 5 med.: hic piscibus atram Improbus ingluviem, ranisque loquacibus explet, Verg. G. 3, 431.—Of persons, App. M. 1, p. 109, 29: turgida, Front. ad Anton. Imp. 2, 12.—
II Transf., voraciousness, gluttony: avi cur atque parentis Praeclaram ingratā stringat malus ingluvie rem, Hor. S. 1, 2, 8: profunda, Gell. 7, 16, 4: notabilis ingluvie atque voracitate, Eutr. 7, 18 (ap. Petr. 119, read inluvies).