Lewis & Short

grăvĭdus, a, um, adj. [gravis, burdened, loaded; hence in partic.], pregnant, with child, with young (class.; syn. praegnans, fetus).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Adj.: mater, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52 (Trag. v. 57 Vahl.): puero gravida, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 87: gravida esse ex aliquo viro, id. ib. prol. 111; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 32; for which also simply aliquo, Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 18 and 19: de semine Jovis, Ov. M. 3, 260: virgo ex eo compressu, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28: prius gravida facta est, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 73: facere gravidam aliquam, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 29: cum esset gravida uxor, et jam appropinquare partus putaretur, Cic. Clu. 11, 31; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48; Cels. 2, 1; 2, 5 sqq.; of animals, etc. (mostly poet.): gravida pecus, Verg. G. 2, 150; Ov. F. 4, 633: muraena, Hor. S. 2, 8, 43: balaenae, Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.
    2. B. Subst.: grăvĭda, ae, f., a pregnant woman, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 22; Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 107; 28, 6, 17, § 59.
  2. II. Transf., laden, filled, full (only poet.); constr. absol., with abl., or gen.
          1. (α) Absol.: ad fores auscultato … neu qui manus attulerit steriles intro ad nos, Gravidas foras exportet, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 4: cum se gravido tremefecit corpore tellus, fruit-laden, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: nubes, Lucr. 6, 440 (cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 365); Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 107; cf.: cornu lunae, Val. Fl. 2, 56: ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis, loaded, full, Verg. G. 1, 111; so, aristae, Ov. M. 1, 110: olivae, id. ib. 7, 281: fetus, id. ib. 8, 293: (caprae) gravido superant vix ubere limen, full, Verg. G. 3, 317.
          2. (β) With abl.: gravidae nunc semine terrae, Ov. F. 4, 633: ubera gravida vitali rore, Cic. Div. 1, 12, 20: tibi pampineo gravidus auctumno Floret ager, Verg. G. 2, 5: equus (Trojanus) armatis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 97 Vahl.): tempestas fulminibus atque procellis, Lucr. 6, 259: alvus (serpentis) venenis, Sil. 6, 155: Amathunta metallis, Ov. M. 10, 531: stipes nodis, Verg. A. 7, 507: pharetra sagittis, Hor. C. 1, 22, 3: urbs bellis, Verg. A. 10, 87; cf.: Italia imperiis, id. ib. 4, 229: anus arcanis, Sil. 13, 394: parens sorte, Val. Fl. 5, 22: populus noxa, Sil. 13, 542: pectus curis, Luc. 5, 735; Val. Fl. 2, 161.
          3. (γ) With gen.: Mellis apes gravidae, Sil. 2, 120.
  3. III. Trop., full, abundant: quod bonis benefit beneficium, gratia ea gravidast bonis, id. Capt. 2, 2, 108.