Ventrem ferre

Latin-English

ventrem fer|re.

1. ‘To carry a belly,’ i.e., to be pregnant.

Loci

• αʹ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 1.34:

Nec diu manet superstes filio pater; qui cum, ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, immemor in testando nepotis decessisset.

The father did not survive his son by long; as he passed away, not knowing his daughter-in-law was carrying a child, he made his will without a grandson in mind.

• βʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.684-5:

————— ————— ————— ————— iāmquĕ fĕ|rēndō vīx ĕrăt | īllă gră|vēm mā|tūrō | pōndĕrĕ | vēntrēm

And she was already having to bear with difficulty her pregnant belly, with its full-term weight.