ingurgito

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ingurgĭto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. in-gurges,
I to pour in like a flood or whirlpool.
I Lit.: merum ventri suo, App. M. 4, p. 145, 27: vide ut avariter merum in se ingurgitat faucibus plenis, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 35: umor ex nivibus non universus ingurgitans (sc. se), diluensque, sed destillans, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 15.—
   B To flood, to fill: Rhodanus palude sese ingurgitat, nomine Lemanno, Amm. 15, 11, 16.—
   C To glut or gorge one's self with meat and drink, to gormandize, guzzle: se caeno (of swine), Lact. 4, 17, 21: crudique postridie se rursus ingurgitant, Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 23: ingenium crebris et ingentibus poculis, Gell. 15, 2, 3.— Hence, ingurgitari, to make one's self drunk, to get drunk: anus ingurgitata, Petr. 79: temeto ingurgitatus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3.—
II Trop., to engage deeply in, be absorbed in any thing, to addict or devote one's self to: se in flagitia, Cic. Pis. 18, 42: se in alicujus copias, id. Phil. 2, 27, 66: qui degustandum ex philosophia censet, non in eam ingurgitandum, Gell. 5, 16, 5 (cf. Enn. Trag. v. 340 Rib. ad loc.).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ingurgĭtō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre (in et gurges), tr.,
1 engouffrer : Pl. Curc. 126 ; Apul. M. 4, 7
2 plonger comme dans un gouffre : a) se in flagitia Cic. Pis. 42, se plonger dans un abîme de débauches ; se in alicujus copias Cic. Phil. 2, 66, se plonger jusqu’au cou dans les richesses de qqn, cf. Gell. 5, 16, 5 ; b) se ingurgitare Cic. Fin. 3, 23, se gorger de vin ou ingurgitari Petr. 79, 6 ; c) ingenium crebris poculis Gell. 15, 2, 3, noyer son intelligence au fond de nombreuses coupes.