onerosus

onerōsus, a, um: adj. (onus), burdensome, heavy, 5.352.

ŏnĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [onus], burdensome, heavy, oppressive (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: gravis, difficilis).

• I Lit.: praeda, Verg. A. 9, 384.—Of food that is difficult of digestion and causes oppression: cibus etiam valentibus onerosus, Plin. 23, 7, 62, § 115: (ervum) capiti et stomacho onerosum, id. 22, 25, 73, § 153.— Comp.: aër est onerosior igni, Ov. M. 1, 53. —
• II Trop., burdensome, onerous, irksome: onerosior altera sors est, Ov. M. 9, 675: donatio, Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 3: quam sit onerosum succedere bono principi, id. Pan. 44, 7: consolatores, Vulg. Job, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: ŏnĕrōsē, odiously (post-class.), Paul. Nol. Ep. 11.—Comp.: onerosius, Cassiod. Anim. 11.

onerōsus, a, um (onus), I) lästig, schwer, drückend, praeda, Verg.: hasta, Ov.: sit humus cineri non onerosa tuo, Ov.: aër est onerosior igne, Ov. – II) bildl., lästig, beschwerlich, collatio, Plin. ep.: exercitus voracibus impensis onerosus, Val. Max.: nec est quod verearis ne sit mihi onerosa ista donatio, Plin. ep.: onerosior altera sors est, Ov.: plus onerosus honor, Sidon.: perquam erat onerosum accusare damnatum, Plin. ep.

onerosus [CL] 1 heavy, weighty. mare res est honerosa, [gl.: gravis materia], / venti plebs litigiosa, / linter est ingenium Garl. SM 1144. 2 onerous, burdensome, tiresome: a (of person); b (of duty or abstr.). a quilibet clamabit quem livor hujuscae dominae lividum ~umque reddit ‥ Enc. Emmae III 7; quisquis amat lepidus, qui non amat est onerosus L. Durh. Dial. IV 295; quis exteris honoratior? quis suis ~ior? Gir. TH III 51; ne superfluis insistens legentibus videar ~us Senatus Wulfst. 107; 1218 quod nullus forestarius eidem archiepiscopo vel hominibus suis gravis vel honerosus existat Cl 369a; 1231 audivimus ‥ quod in hospitiis vestris locandis tam graves et ~i estis scolaribus (Oxford) BBC 100.  b 801 nec tibi, deprecor, ~um [sic] esse literarum ammonitio mearum Alcuin Ep. 224; abice nunc ~as curas et postpone laboriosas distentiones tuas Anselm (Prosl. 1) I 97; officium certe in regia honorum sed ~um plurimum H. Bos. Thom. II 8; grave ‥ est et ~um et miserum ad consolationem communis miserie necessaria querere Bald. Cant. Tract. 451A. 3 weighed down, burdened (fig.). [Ediva] non ‥ ~a fastidio Ailr. Ed. Conf. 747D (v. fastidium 2a).

ŏnĕrōsus, (12) a, um (onus), pesant, lourd : Virg. En. 9, 384 || lourd à lʼestomac, difficile à digérer : Plin. 23, 115 ; 22, 153 || [fig.] à charge, pénible : Plin. Min. Pan. 44, 7 ; -sior Ov. M. 9, 674 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 4, 3.

onerosus , a, um. adj. c.
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onerōsus adj.with comp.

• onus, burdensome, heavy, oppressive: praeda, V.: aër est onerosior igni, O.—Fig.: onerosior sors, wearisome, O.