Lewis & Short

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săburro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [saburra], to fill or lade with ballast, to ballast (rare).

  1. I. Lit.: sese harenā (echini), Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 361.
    Mid., to ballast one’s self: grues sublatis lapillis ad moderatam gravitatem saburrantur, Sol. 10.
  2. II. Transf.: ubi saburratae sumus, we are stuffed full, crammed full, comic. for saturatae, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 2; so, too, perh. sanguis, i. e. of a drunken person, Arn. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.