fatten Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. săgīno, 12. farcio, rsi, rtum, 4 (to cram poultry)II. Intrans. • fatten: I. Trans.: to make fat: 1. săgīno, 1: to f. oxen for sacrifice, boves ad sacrificia s., Varr. Phr.: to be f.d on the blood of the commonwealth, reipublicae sanguine saginari, Cic. Sext. 36, 78. 2. farcio, rsi, rtum, 4 (to cram poultry): gallinas et anseres f., Cato R. R. 89. Phr.: to select hens for f.ing, gallinas ad saginam eligere, Plin. 10, 50, 71. II. Intrans.: to grow fat: pinguesco, crassesco: v. fat (phr.).