Gravidus venter
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Latin Construction
- A pregnant belly.
Constructions
no characteristic constructions
Loci
- αʹ Ovid, Amores 2.13:
| Dūm lăbĕ|fāctăt ŏ|nūs grăvĭ|dī tĕmĕ|rārĭă | vēntrīs, īn dŭbĭ|ō vī|tāe || lāssă Cŏ|rīnnă iă|cēt. |
Rashly destroying the burden in her pregnant belly, Corinna lies weak, unsure she will survive. |
- βʹ Ovid, Heroides 16.43-44:
| mātrĭs ă|dhūc ŭtĕ|rō pār|tū rĕmŏ|rāntĕ tĕ|nēbār; iām grăvĭ|dūs iūs|tō || pōndĕrĕ | vēntĕr ĕ|rāt. |
I was still being held in my mother's womb, the birth delayed; her belly was now full-term pregnant. |
- γʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.505:
| ————— —— mĕdĭ|ā grăvĭ|dūs tŭmĕt | ārbŏrĕ | vēntēr. | Her pregnant belly swells in the middle of the tree. |
