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.).
FATTEN Copy link • FATTEN 1. TRANS., saginare (to feed with anything that will produce fatness): pinguem facere (to make fat): opimare (of birds, especially): farcire (to cram with anything, only of fowls). To fatten with anything, alere aliqua re (e.g., with bran, furfuri): to be good for fattening, conferre ad adipes creandas (or creandos); pinguitudinem efficere (e.g., a hog, sui). INTRANS., pinguescere (to become or grow fat): nitescere (to be sleek, etc.). 2. Vid: To FAT, v.