parturiens

partŭrĭo, īvi or ĭi, 4 ( imperf. parturibat, Phaedr. 4, 21, 1), v. desid. a. [2. pario], to desire to bring forth, to be in travail or labor; said of women and of animals.

I.

Lit.:

vereor ne parturire intellegat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 53:

tu (Lucina) voto parturientis ades,

Ov. F. 3, 256:

parturiens canis,

Phaedr. 1, 18, 3.—Prov.: parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said of those who promise great things, but accomplish little or nothing;

like the Engl. expression,

great cry and little wool, Hor. A. P. 139 (after the Greek proverb, ôdinen oros, eita mun apeteken); cf.

, also,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 1 sq. —

II.

Transf.

A.

To be big or pregnant with any thing; to brood over, meditate, purpose, Cic. Mur. 39, 84:

ut aliquando dolor populi Romani pariat, quod jamdiu parturit!

id. Phil. 2, 46, 118; so,

quod diu parturit animus vester, aliquando pariat,

Liv. 21, 18, 12:

ingentes parturit ira minas,

Ov. H. 12, 208; cf.:

filioli mei quos iterum parturio,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 19.—

* B.

To be anxious or concerned:

quā (securitate) frui non possit animus, si tamquam parturiat unus pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45; App. M. 7, 4.—

C.

In gen., to bring forth, produce, yield, generate, etc. ( poet. ):

quis Parthum paveat... Quis Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus, incolumi Caesare?

Hor. C. 4, 5, 26:

et nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbos,

is budding forth, Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 330; cf.

Col. poët. 10, 10: neque parturit imbres Perpetuos (Notus),

Hor. C. 1, 7, 16: felicemque uterum, qui nomina parturit annis, i. e. the yearly consuls, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 204:

parturit innumeros angusto pectore mundos,

to conceive, imagine, id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 81, 3.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: partŭrĭens, entis, f., a woman in labor:

dolores parturientis,

Vulg. Osee, 13, 13; id. Psa. 47, 6.