1. adj., pinguis (fat, PROP., of persons and animals; then of that which has unctuous parts, as butter, wine, etc.; or, that abounds in nutritious juices, as land, seed, fodder, etc.; opposed to macer): opimus (abounding in nutritious juices, stout and fat, of persons and animals and their members; opposed to gracilis: then, figuratively, fat in respect of produce, of land, etc.; opposed to sterilis: hence agri opimi et fertiles; then figuratively = that brings in much): obesus (become fat from over-eating; unwieldy, gross; opposed to gracilis, of petsons; and opposed to strigosus, of animals): nitidus (shining, sleek, abounding in fat, so that no projecting bones disturb the smoothness of the body, λιπαρός; Vid: Nep., Eum., 5, 6): perpastus (PROP., well-fed; e.g., canis, Phaedrus, 3, 6, 2): saginatus (fatted): adipatus (containing lard or fat; of food): luculentus (considerable; as an office, etc.). Somewhat fat, subpinguis: to make or render fat, pinguem facere or reddere; opimare; obesare [Col.; al. obescare]; saginare; farcire (to fatten birds): to grow or become fat, pinguescere; nitescere: to be fat, pinguem, etc. esse; nitere (Vid: above on nitidus): to be too fat, nimia pinguitudine laborare: to grow so fat, that etc., usque adeo pinguescere, ut, etc. (Cato, ap. Varr.).
2. s. adeps, m., Plin.; mostly f., Cels.; c., Col. (the softer fat of animals which do not ruminate): sebum, sevum (the firmer fat of ruminating animals, tallow; adeps Cassii, suillus, anserinus; sebum vitulinum): arvina (tallow, in as far as used to grease something; clipeos tergent arvina, Verg.): pingue (the oily fat; pingue inter carnem cutemque, Plin.): laridum, lardum (lard; bacon).