sagino

săgīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sagina] (class.; cf. educare).

I.

Lit.

A.

Of animals, to fatten, fat:

pullos columbinos,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

boves ad sacrificia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 20:

aves offis,

Col. 8, 7, 3:

equum hordeo ervoque (with roborare largo cibo),

id. 6, 27, 8:

porcum,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 23:

corpus,

Curt. 9, 7, 16:

glires fagi glande,

Plin. 16, 6, 7, § 18:

catulos ferarum molliore praedā,

Quint. 12, 6, 6 et saep.—

B.

Of persons, to cram, stuff, feast:

saginare plebem populares suos, ut jugulentur,

Liv. 6, 17, 3:

nuptialibus cenis,

id. 36, 17:

terra, quae copiā rerum omnium (illos Gallos) saginaret,

id. 38, 17:

cum exquisitis cottidie Antonius saginaretur epulis,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119:

convivas,

id. 33, 10, 47, § 136.—

II.

Transf., to feed, nourish, etc.:

terra multorum annorum frondibus et herbis, velut saginata largioribus pabulis,

Col. 2, 1, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 54:

fons umore supero saginatus,

Sol. 45: qui ab illo pestifero ac perdito cive jampridem rei publicae sanguine saginantur, * Cic. Sest. 36, 78; Curt. 5, 1, 39; Tac. H. 4, 42.—Hence, săgīnātus, a, um, P. a., fattened, fat (late Lat.):

saginatior hostia,

Hier. Ep. 21, 12; so,

Christianus ursis,

Tert. Jejun. 17 fin.:

vitulum,

Vulg. Luc. 15, 23.