ag-grăvo Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.A. In gen., to make worse or more dangerous ...B. Esp., to oppress, to burden, annoy, ... ⓘaggrăvāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plaggrăvātē: adverbial • ag-grăvo (adg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (first used in the Aug. per., and only in prose writers; perh. formed by Livy, who uses it very often), to add to the weight of, to make heavier. I. Lit.: adgravatur pondus, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117: adgravavit jugum nostrum, Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 10: compedem meum, ib. Thren. 3, 7.— II. Fig. A. In gen., to make worse or more dangerous, to aggravate: quo (bello) si adgravatae res essent, Liv. 4, 12: odor adgravans capita, Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 79: ictus, id. 28, 4, 7, § 37: vulnera, id. 28, 3, 6, § 31: dolorem, Curt. 8, 10: proelium, Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 3: quare aggravatis corda vestra? i. e. harden, ib. 1 Reg. 6, 6.— B. Esp., to oppress, to burden, annoy, incommode: sine ope hostis, quae adgravaret, Liv. 44, 7 fin.: morbo adgravante (eum), Suet. Caes. 1: beneficia rationes nostras adgravatura, Sen. Ben. 4, 13: argumenta, quae per se nihil reum adgravare videantur, appear to be without weight, Quint. 5, 7, 18.
aggravo Copy link ⓘaggrăvāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plaggrăvātē: adverbial AGGRAVO, are. [ἐπιβαρύνω] Valde grauare, s. grauius facere, onerare. […] 🗁 Page Scan
aggravate Copy link Outline I. To make worse or less endurable1. grăvo, 12. aggrăvo, 13. ingrăvo, 1 (less frequent)4. aspĕro, 15. exulcĕro, 1 (as a sore)6. ŏnĕro, 1 (chiefly in Liv. and Tac.)7. augeo, xi, ctum, 2II. To describe in exaggerated terms1. augeo, 22. aspĕro, 1 • aggravate: I. To make worse or less endurable: 1. grăvo, 1: forbear to a. my hard lot, tu fortunam parce g. meam, Ov.: to a. one's unpopularity, alicujus invidiam g., Tac. 2. aggrăvo, 1: affairs had been a.d by a war, bello res aggravatae erant, Liv.: Plin. 3. ingrăvo, 1 (less frequent): the one a.s my misfortunes, the other relieves them, illa meos casus i., illa levat, Ov.: Virg. 4. aspĕro, 1: to a. the wrath of a conqueror, iram victoris a., Tac. 5. exulcĕro, 1 (as a sore): what they cannot heal they a., ea quae sanare nequeunt, e., Cic.: to a. grief, dolorem e., Plin. Ep. 6. ŏnĕro, 1 (chiefly in Liv. and Tac.): to a. a wrong, injuriam o., Liv.: to a. anxieties, curas o., Tac. 7. augeo, xi, ctum, 2: to a. any one's grief, a. alicui dolorem, Cic.: age a.s gluttony, vitium ventris et gutturis aetas a., Cic.: v. to increase. II. To describe in exaggerated terms: 1. augeo, 2: to a. the heinousness of an action, facti atrocitatem a., Cic.: to a. a charge, crimen a., Quint. 2. aspĕro, 1: that he might seem neither to soften nor to a. the accusations, ne lenire neve a. crimina videretur, Tac.: v. to exaggerate.
AGGRAVATE Copy link • AGGRAVATEaggravare (post-Augustan, but often in Liv.: ager, pondus, qulorem, etc.): gravius, majus reddere: augere (general term, increase; e.g., molestiam, dolorem): amplificare (dolorem, Cic.). To aggravate (rhetorically), augere; e.g., alicujus facti atrocitatem; culpam (Cic.).