load (v.) Copy link Outline I. To lay on a burden1. ŏnĕro, 12. expr. by impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with acc. and dat.)3. grăvo, 1 (to l. heavilyII. To encumber the stomachIII. In phr. to l. with chainsIV. To accumulate abuse, etc., on any oneV. To put dishonest weights to diceVI. To charge a fire-arm • load (v.): I. To lay on a burden: 1. ŏnĕro, 1: to l. baggage-cattle, jumenta o., Sall. Jug. 75: Virg. Fig., of food; to l. the stomach (absol.), Plin. 29, 3, 11 § 48 (onerare ventrem, is to over-feed oneself, Sall.: Ov.). See also infr. (IV.). 2. expr. by impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with acc. and dat.): he l.s the beasts with vessels of all sorts, (jumentis) imponit vasa cujusque modi, Sall. Jug. 75: to l. an ox with pack-saddles (fig. of unsuitable toil), bovi clitellas i., Cic. Att. 5, 15: also with in and acc.: to l. a wagon, onera in plaustrum i., Cic. (in Kr.). (N.B.--The phr. onus imponere appears to be confined to the fig. sense = to lay a burden on any one: but Kr. gives jumentis onera [pl.] imponere, e Cic.; and Varr. has, onera in jumenta extollere, R. R. 2, 10, med.) 3. grăvo, 1 (to l. heavily: with acc. and abl.): Phaedr. 2, 7, 1: Tac. II. To encumber the stomach: ŏnĕro, 1: v. supr. (I., 1). III. In phr. to l. with chains: alicui crassas compedes impingere, Pl. Cap. 3, 5, 76: aliquem catenis onerare (poet.), Hor. Od. 3, 11, 45. IV. To accumulate abuse, etc., on any one: congĕro, ingĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (with dat. of person or in and acc.); less freq. ŏnĕro, 1 (with acc. of person): v. to heap (III.). V. To put dishonest weights to dice: (?) tesseris per fraudem impariter ponduscula addere. VI. To charge a fire-arm: *sclopeto s. tormento (bombardico) pulverem nitratum cum glande plumbea, cum globo ferreo immittere (Kr.). (N.B.--Usu. better to employ a more general expr., such as *tela missilia in promptu habere, tormenta missilibus instruere.)