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Etymology

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From onus (load, burden).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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onerō (present infinitive onerāre, perfect active onerāvī, supine onerātum); first conjugation

  1. to burden, lade, load, heap up anything in anything
    Synonyms: accumulō, cumulō, exstruō, struō, inaedificō
  2. (figuratively) to overwhelm, weary, oppress
  3. (figuratively) to make more burdensome, aggravate
    Synonyms: aggravō, gravō, ingravō
  4. (poetic) to cover

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: onerate
  • Portuguese: onerar

References

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  • onero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • onero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • onero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to heap abuse on some one: maledictis aliquem onerare, lacerare

Portuguese

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Verb

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onero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of onerar
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