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ventrālis, e, adj. [venter], of or belonging to the belly, ventral.

  1. I. Adj.: umor, Macr. S. 7, 8 med.
  2. II. Subst.: ventrāle, is, n. (i. e. cingulum), a belly-band, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193; 27, 7, 28, § 52; Dig. 48, 20, 6 (dub.).

* ventrĭcŏla, ae, m. [venter-colo], one who makes a god of his belly, a belly-god, glutton, Aug. Ep. 86 med.

* ventrĭcŭlātio, ōnis, f. [ventriculus], the belly-ache, gripes, colic, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 143.

* ventrĭcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [ventriculus], of or belonging to the belly: passio, i. e. the belly-ache, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 48.

ventrĭcultor, oris, m., = ventricola (late Lat.), Aug. Ep. 36, 11.

ventrĭcŭlus (collat. form ventrĭ-cŭlum, i, n., Cassiod. in Psa. 150, 5), i, m. dim. [venter], the belly.

  1. I. Lit., Aug. ap. Suet. Vit. Aug.; Juv. 3, 97.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The stomach, Cels. 4, 1, 12; 5, 26, 16; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.
    2. B. Cordis, a ventricle of the heart, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138.

ventrĭflŭus, a, um, adj. [venter-fluo], laxative, purgative: medicamenta, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 134.

ventrĭgo, āre, 1, v. n., = ventrem agere (late Lat.), Plin. Val. 1, 2.

ventrĭlŏquus, i, m. [venter-loquor], one who speaks from his belly, a ventriloquist, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 25; id. adv. Prax. 19; Hier. in Isa. 3, 8, 20.

ventrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [venter], having a large belly, big-bellied, pot-bellied: homo, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 20; id. Merc. 3, 4, 54; id. Ps. 4, 7, 120; id. Rud. 2, 2, 11.
In the collat. form ventrŭōsus, bellying out: ventruosa ac patula dolia, Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 134; and ventrōsus, Cassiod. in Psa. 72.