burden (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. ŏnĕro, 1 (not implying excess of load)2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 33. grăvo, 1II. Fig.1. ŏnĕro, 12. opprimo, 3 (stronger than onero) • burden (v.): I. Lit.: 1. ŏnĕro, 1 (not implying excess of load): v. to load. 2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to be b.'d with too much clothes, opprimi injectu multae vestis, Tac.: Cic. 3. grăvo, 1: mules b.'d (i. e. heavily laden) with packages, muli gravati sarcinis, Phaedr. For burdened as adj. (onustus), v. laden. II. Fig.: To oppress, overpower (q.v.): 1. ŏnĕro, 1: to b. a juryman with arguments, judicem argumentis o., Cic.: to b. anyone with misfortunes, aliquem malis on., Virg. 2. opprimo, 3 (stronger than onero): to be b.'d with a load, onere opprimi, Cic.: v. to oppress.