ag-grăvo (adg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (first used in the Aug. per., and only in prose writers; perh. formed by Livy, who uses it very often), to add to the weight of, to make heavier. I. Lit.: adgravatur pondus
, Plin. 18, 12, 30, 117: adgravavit jugum nostrum
, Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 10: compedem meum
, ib. Thren. 3, 7.—II. Fig. A. In gen., to make worse or more dangerous, to aggravate: quo (bello) si adgravatae res essent
, Liv. 4, 12: odor adgravans capita
, Plin. 12, 17, 40, 79: ictus
, id. 28, 4, 7, 37: vulnera
, id. 28, 3, 6, 31: dolorem
, Curt. 8, 10: proelium
, Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 3: quare aggravatis corda vestra?
i. e. harden
, ib. 1 Reg. 6, 6.—B. Esp., to oppress, to burden, annoy, incommode: sine ope hostis, quae adgravaret
, Liv. 44, 7 fin.: morbo adgravante (eum)
, Suet. Caes. 1: beneficia rationes nostras adgravatura
, Sen. Ben. 4, 13: argumenta, quae per se nihil reum adgravare videantur
, appear to be without weight
, Quint. 5, 7, 18.