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ventriosus

ventrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [venter],
  • having a large belly, big-bellied, pot-bellied: homo, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 20 (400); id. Merc. 3, 4, 54 (641); id. Ps. 4, 7, 120 (1222); id. Rud. 2, 2, 11 (316).—In the collat. form ventrŭōsus, bellying out: ventruosa ac patula dolia, Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 134; and ventrōsus, Cassiod. in Psa. 72.

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