Natus abdomini

Latin Construction

nat|us abdomini. ppl. adj.

1. ‘Born for [his] belly,’ i.e., lives to eat.

Constructions

no characteristic constructions

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, In Pisonem 17.41:

gurges atque helluo natus abdomini suo non laudi et gloriae

a gluttonous vortex, born to serve his appetite and not for praise and honor

• βʹ Trebellius Pollio, Gallieni Duo 16.1:

Gallieni ... qui natus abdomini et voluptatibus dies ac noctes vino et stupris perdidit

Of Gallienus ... who was born for pleasures and appetites, and for days and nights was lost to wine and debauchery.