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grăvēdĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [gravedo], subject to colds or catarrhs, that easily takes cold.

  1. I. Lit.: sunt alii ad alios morbos procliviores: itaque dicimus gravedinosos quosdam, quosdam torminosos, non quia jam sint, sed quia saepe sint, *Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27.
  2. II. Transf., that produces colds: ervum, Plin. 18, 15, 38, § 139.

grăvēdo, ĭnis, f. [gravis].

  1. I. Heaviness of the limbs, cold in the head, catarrh: quasi gravedo profluat, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 51; Cels. 4, 2, 4; Cic. Att. 10, 16, 6; 16, 14, 4; Cat. 44, 13; Plin. 23, 1, 6, § 10; 25, 13, 94, § 150; 30, 4, 11, § 31.
    In plur., Cels. 1, 2; of heaviness in the head produced by intoxication: ad crapulae gravedines, Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 136.
  2. II. Pregnancy, Nemes. Cyneg. 132.

grăvĕŏlens (also separately: grave olens), entis, adj. [gravis-, 1. oleo].

  1. * I. Strong-smelling: graveolentia centaurea, Verg. G. 4, 270.
  2. II. In a bad sense. illsmelling, noisome, rank: fauces graveolentis Averni, Verg. A. 6, 201; App. de Mundo, p. 74.

grăvĕŏlentĭa, ae, f. [graveolens, II.], an offensive or rank smell, fetidness (Plin. ian): alarum, Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 87: oris, id. ib.: narium, id. 20, 9, 36, § 92.

grăvesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [gravis], to become burdened or heavy (poet. and in postAug. prose).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: fetu nemus omne gravescit, i. e. becomes loaded, filled, Verg. G. 2, 429.
    2. B. In partic., to become pregnant: cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 236.
  2. II. Trop., to become grievous or bad, to grow worse: aerumna gravescit, Lucr. 4, 1069: impetus, id. 6, 337: haec in morte, id. 3, 1022: valetudo Augusti, Tac. A. 1, 5: publica mala in dies, id. ib. 14, 51.
    1. B. To be cumbered, embarrassed, Ambros. de Virg. 1, 6, 25: peccato gravescit oratio, id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 5.