pressed together

con-fercĭo, no perf., fertum, 4, v. a. [farcio], to stuff or cram together, to press close together (in verb. finit. very rare; in part. perf. and P. a. class.).

Verb. finit.:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158:

se (apes),

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35:

myrrham in follis,

Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68.—

Part. perf.:

viā sibi inter confertas naves factā,

Liv. 37, 11, 13:

quo magis astu Confertos ita acervatim mors accumulabat,

Lucr. 6, 1263; cf.:

agrestem in arta tecta,

Liv. 3, 6, 3.—Hence, confer-tus, a, um, P. a.; lit., pressed together; hence,

Pressed close, crowded, thick, dense (opp. rarus): caeruleum spumat sale confertā rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Prisc. 5, p. 659 P. (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.):

tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

plures simul conferti,

Liv. 29, 34, 12: in confertā multitudine, * Suet. Tib. 2:

agmen,

Verg. G. 3, 369 (conjunctum, Serv.):

moles,

Tac. A. 4, 62.—Esp.,

In milit. lang., of the close, compact order of battle:

ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16: acies, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Liv. 10, 29, 6; 42, 59, 5; Tac. A. 6, 35; 14, 36; Verg. A. 2, 347.— Comp., Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 2, 23:

hostes,

Sall. C. 60, 7:

turba,

Liv. 2, 12, 6; Sall. J. 98, 1:

turmatim et quam maxume confertis equis Mauros invadunt,

id. ib. 101, 4:

conferto gradu inrupere,

Tac. A. 12, 35.—

With abl., stuffed, filled full, full:

ingenti turbā conferta deorum templa,

Liv. 45, 2, 7.— Trop.:

otiosa vita, plena et conferta voluptatibus,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23; so id. Tusc. 3, 19, 44; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

cibo,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; * Quint. 5, 14, 27:

legio conferta maniplis,

Sil. 7, 390.—

* Adv.: confertē, in acc. with A. 2. (for the more usual confertim, q. v.), in a compact body; only comp.:

confertius resistentes,

Amm. 24, 7, 7.

cŏ-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cling together, to be united, either of that whose parts cling together, to cohere, or of that which cleaves to something else, to adhere.

Of a whole as composed of parts, or of the parts of a whole, to cling together, be united, to cohere, press or crowd together.

Lit.

In gen.:

mundus ita apte cohaeret, ut dissolvi nullo modo queat, nisi ab eodem a quo est colligatus,

Cic. Univ. 5:

omnia autem duo ad cohaerendum tertium aliquid anquirunt et quasi nodum vinculumque desiderant,

id. ib. 4:

neque enim materiam ipsam cohaerere potuisse, si nullā vi contineretur,

id. Ac. 1, 6, 24:

omni naturā cohaerente et continuatā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

nec res ulla magis primoribus ex elementis Indupedita suis arte conexa cohaeret Quam validi ferri natura,

Lucr. 6, 1010:

solidā primordia... Quae minimis stipata cohaerent partibus arte,

id. 1, 610; 2, 67:

inter se juga velut serie cohaerentia,

continuous, Curt. 7, 3, 21.—Of persons in a throng, etc.:

alii extremo complexu suorum cohaerentes,

Quint. 8, 3, 68;

so of soldiers in line of battle: conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

Curt. 3, 11, 4;

and of two contending armies: duae quippe acies ita cohaerebant, ut armis arma pulsarent,

id. 3, 11, 5;

of ships: binas quadriremes Macedones inter se ita junxerant, ut prorae cohaererent,

id. 4, 3, 14: conexis et cohaerentibus aedificiis, * Tac. G. 16.—

Pregn., to consist in or of, be composed of; with abl. (rare):

cum alia quibus cohaererent homines e mortali genere sumpserint, quae fragilia essent et caduca, animum esse ingeneratum a deo,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: mundus omnibus partibus inter se congruentibus cohaeret et nititur, etc., Cic. Leg. ap. Lact. 5, 8, 10.—

Trop.

Of persons united by kindred, friendship, etc., to be near, close, united:

turpes ac perniciosos, etiamsi nobis sanguine cohaereant, amputandos,

Quint. 8, 3, 75:

est enim mihi perjucundum quod viri optimi mihique amicissimi adeo cohaesistis ut invicem vos obligari putetis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 1.—

Of things.

In discourse, to belong together, be closely connected:

quae... si suis quaeque temporibus reddere voluero, interrumpendae sunt res Asiae, quas... sicut inter se cohaerent, ita opere ipso conjungi aptius videri potest,

Curt. 5, 1, 2.—

In thought, to be consistent, agree together:

em, Paululum obsoni, ipsus tristis, de inproviso nuptiae—Non cohaerent,

i.e. cannot all be here at once, Ter. And. 2, 2, 24:

tam eras excors, ut... non modo non cohaerentia inter se diceres, sed maxime dijuncta atque contraria,

Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18:

dubitandum non est quin numquam possit utilitas cum honestate contendere. Itaque accepimus Socratem exsecrari solitum eos qui primum haec naturā cohaerentia opinione distraxissent,

id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

non quaero jam, verumne sit: illud dico, ea, quae dicat, praeclare inter se cohaerere,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 79:

animadvertisti, quam multa dicta sint, quamque, etiam si minus vera, tamen apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

male cohaerens cogitatio,

Quint. 10, 6, 6:

sensus inter se juncti, atque ita cohaerentes, ne, etc.,

id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 63:

sermo hercule familiaris et cottidianus non cohaerebit, si verba inter nos aucupamur,

have a consistent meaning, be intelligible, Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

vix diserti adulescentis cohaerebat oratio,

id. Cael. 7, 15; and of harmony in the arrangement of words: conlocabuntur igitur verba, ut aut inter se aptissime cohaereant extrema cum primis eaque sint quam suavissimis vocibus, etc., id. Or. 44, 149:

haec collocatio verborum... quae junctam orationem efficit, quae cohaerentem, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 43, 172; Quint. 9, 4, 66.—

Pregn., to hold together, i.e. remain, exist, maintain itself:

omnibus modis fulciendi sunt, qui ruunt nec cohaerere possunt propter magnitudinem aegritudinis,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61:

virtutes sine vitā beatā cohaerere non possunt, nec sine virtute vita beata,

id. ib. 5, 28, 80:

vix haec, si undique fulciamus, jam labefacta... nixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt,

id. Har. Resp. 27, 60.—

To cling closely to something else, to adhere, be connected with, cleave to, be in contact with, etc.

Lit.

With dat.:

temptanti dextera flxa est Cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, lignoque cohaesit,

Ov. M. 5, 125; 11, 76:

nec equo mea membra cohaerent,

id. Am. 1, 4, 9:

scopuloque affixa cohaesit,

id. M. 4, 553:

fructus quamdiu solo cohaerent,

Dig. 47, 2, 63:

superficies... quae natura solo cohaeret,

ib. 44, 7, 44, § 1 fin.:

quippe turris... muris hostium propemodum cohaerebat,

Curt. 4, 4, 11:

experimentum marmorati est in subigendo donec rutro non cohaereat,

Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

qui cohaerent Mesopotamiae Rhoali vocantur,

adjoin, id. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—

With cum and abl.:

quidquid enim sequitur quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario,

Cic. Top. 12, 53.—

With in and abl.:

cohaerentis videmus in conchis (margaritas), etc.,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—

Absol.:

jamque ea (navis) quae non cohaerebat,

i.e. which did not collide, Curt. 4, 4, 7.—

Trop., to be closely connected with, in agreement or harmony with something else, to be consistent with:

quod illa, quae prima dicuntur, si vehementer velis congruere et cohaerere cum causā, ex eis ducas oportet, quae post dicenda sunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19:

si continget, etiam (id quod fingemus) verae alicui rei cohaereat,

Quint. 4, 2, 89:

ut non tamquam citharoedi prooemium adfictum aliquid, sed cohaerens cum omni corpore membrum videatur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

creditis tot gentes... non sacris, non moribus, non commercio linguae nobiscum cohaerentes, eodem proelio domitas esse, etc.,

Curt. 6, 3, 8:

potentia male cohaerens inter Pompeium et Caesarem,

Vell. 2, 47, 2.—

To be vitally connected with, to depend upon a thing; with abl.:

sed ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis adfirmat, ut iis solutis stare ipsa non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Hence,

cŏhae-rens, entis, P. a. (cohering, i.e.), being in accord, corresponding:

aptius et cohaerentius,

Gell. 1, 1, 6.—

cŏhaerenter, adv., continuously, uninterruptedly:

dimicatum est,

Flor. 2, 17, 5.—

cŏhaesus, a, um. P. a., pressed together:

quercus stricta denuo et cohaesa,

Gell. 15, 16, 4.

cŏ-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cling together, to be united, either of that whose parts cling together, to cohere, or of that which cleaves to something else, to adhere.

Of a whole as composed of parts, or of the parts of a whole, to cling together, be united, to cohere, press or crowd together.

Lit.

In gen.:

mundus ita apte cohaeret, ut dissolvi nullo modo queat, nisi ab eodem a quo est colligatus,

Cic. Univ. 5:

omnia autem duo ad cohaerendum tertium aliquid anquirunt et quasi nodum vinculumque desiderant,

id. ib. 4:

neque enim materiam ipsam cohaerere potuisse, si nullā vi contineretur,

id. Ac. 1, 6, 24:

omni naturā cohaerente et continuatā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

nec res ulla magis primoribus ex elementis Indupedita suis arte conexa cohaeret Quam validi ferri natura,

Lucr. 6, 1010:

solidā primordia... Quae minimis stipata cohaerent partibus arte,

id. 1, 610; 2, 67:

inter se juga velut serie cohaerentia,

continuous, Curt. 7, 3, 21.—Of persons in a throng, etc.:

alii extremo complexu suorum cohaerentes,

Quint. 8, 3, 68;

so of soldiers in line of battle: conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

Curt. 3, 11, 4;

and of two contending armies: duae quippe acies ita cohaerebant, ut armis arma pulsarent,

id. 3, 11, 5;

of ships: binas quadriremes Macedones inter se ita junxerant, ut prorae cohaererent,

id. 4, 3, 14: conexis et cohaerentibus aedificiis, * Tac. G. 16.—

Pregn., to consist in or of, be composed of; with abl. (rare):

cum alia quibus cohaererent homines e mortali genere sumpserint, quae fragilia essent et caduca, animum esse ingeneratum a deo,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: mundus omnibus partibus inter se congruentibus cohaeret et nititur, etc., Cic. Leg. ap. Lact. 5, 8, 10.—

Trop.

Of persons united by kindred, friendship, etc., to be near, close, united:

turpes ac perniciosos, etiamsi nobis sanguine cohaereant, amputandos,

Quint. 8, 3, 75:

est enim mihi perjucundum quod viri optimi mihique amicissimi adeo cohaesistis ut invicem vos obligari putetis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 1.—

Of things.

In discourse, to belong together, be closely connected:

quae... si suis quaeque temporibus reddere voluero, interrumpendae sunt res Asiae, quas... sicut inter se cohaerent, ita opere ipso conjungi aptius videri potest,

Curt. 5, 1, 2.—

In thought, to be consistent, agree together:

em, Paululum obsoni, ipsus tristis, de inproviso nuptiae—Non cohaerent,

i.e. cannot all be here at once, Ter. And. 2, 2, 24:

tam eras excors, ut... non modo non cohaerentia inter se diceres, sed maxime dijuncta atque contraria,

Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18:

dubitandum non est quin numquam possit utilitas cum honestate contendere. Itaque accepimus Socratem exsecrari solitum eos qui primum haec naturā cohaerentia opinione distraxissent,

id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

non quaero jam, verumne sit: illud dico, ea, quae dicat, praeclare inter se cohaerere,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 79:

animadvertisti, quam multa dicta sint, quamque, etiam si minus vera, tamen apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

male cohaerens cogitatio,

Quint. 10, 6, 6:

sensus inter se juncti, atque ita cohaerentes, ne, etc.,

id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 63:

sermo hercule familiaris et cottidianus non cohaerebit, si verba inter nos aucupamur,

have a consistent meaning, be intelligible, Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

vix diserti adulescentis cohaerebat oratio,

id. Cael. 7, 15; and of harmony in the arrangement of words: conlocabuntur igitur verba, ut aut inter se aptissime cohaereant extrema cum primis eaque sint quam suavissimis vocibus, etc., id. Or. 44, 149:

haec collocatio verborum... quae junctam orationem efficit, quae cohaerentem, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 43, 172; Quint. 9, 4, 66.—

Pregn., to hold together, i.e. remain, exist, maintain itself:

omnibus modis fulciendi sunt, qui ruunt nec cohaerere possunt propter magnitudinem aegritudinis,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61:

virtutes sine vitā beatā cohaerere non possunt, nec sine virtute vita beata,

id. ib. 5, 28, 80:

vix haec, si undique fulciamus, jam labefacta... nixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt,

id. Har. Resp. 27, 60.—

To cling closely to something else, to adhere, be connected with, cleave to, be in contact with, etc.

Lit.

With dat.:

temptanti dextera flxa est Cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, lignoque cohaesit,

Ov. M. 5, 125; 11, 76:

nec equo mea membra cohaerent,

id. Am. 1, 4, 9:

scopuloque affixa cohaesit,

id. M. 4, 553:

fructus quamdiu solo cohaerent,

Dig. 47, 2, 63:

superficies... quae natura solo cohaeret,

ib. 44, 7, 44, § 1 fin.:

quippe turris... muris hostium propemodum cohaerebat,

Curt. 4, 4, 11:

experimentum marmorati est in subigendo donec rutro non cohaereat,

Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

qui cohaerent Mesopotamiae Rhoali vocantur,

adjoin, id. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—

With cum and abl.:

quidquid enim sequitur quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario,

Cic. Top. 12, 53.—

With in and abl.:

cohaerentis videmus in conchis (margaritas), etc.,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—

Absol.:

jamque ea (navis) quae non cohaerebat,

i.e. which did not collide, Curt. 4, 4, 7.—

Trop., to be closely connected with, in agreement or harmony with something else, to be consistent with:

quod illa, quae prima dicuntur, si vehementer velis congruere et cohaerere cum causā, ex eis ducas oportet, quae post dicenda sunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19:

si continget, etiam (id quod fingemus) verae alicui rei cohaereat,

Quint. 4, 2, 89:

ut non tamquam citharoedi prooemium adfictum aliquid, sed cohaerens cum omni corpore membrum videatur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

creditis tot gentes... non sacris, non moribus, non commercio linguae nobiscum cohaerentes, eodem proelio domitas esse, etc.,

Curt. 6, 3, 8:

potentia male cohaerens inter Pompeium et Caesarem,

Vell. 2, 47, 2.—

To be vitally connected with, to depend upon a thing; with abl.:

sed ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis adfirmat, ut iis solutis stare ipsa non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Hence,

cŏhae-rens, entis, P. a. (cohering, i.e.), being in accord, corresponding:

aptius et cohaerentius,

Gell. 1, 1, 6.—

cŏhaerenter, adv., continuously, uninterruptedly:

dimicatum est,

Flor. 2, 17, 5.—

cŏhaesus, a, um. P. a., pressed together:

quercus stricta denuo et cohaesa,

Gell. 15, 16, 4.

con-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to bear, carry, or bring together, to collect; to prepare, to make, build, heap up, etc. (class. and freq.).

Lit.

With acc.:

undique, quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent,

Nep. Them. 6, 5:

congestis undique saccis,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 70:

cetera aedificanti utilia,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

1: caedi arbores et saxa congeri jubet,

Curt. 8, 2, 24:

alimenta undique,

id. 7, 11, 1:

frondem,

id. 8, 10, 17:

virgulta arida,

Suet. Caes. 84:

robora,

Ov. M. 12, 515:

arma,

id. ib. 14, 777:

tura,

id. ib. 7, 160; cf.:

turea dona,

Verg. A. 6, 224:

epulas alicui,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 70 sq.:

cibaria sibi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 32:

viaticum,

Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

divitias sibi fulvo auro,

Tib. 1, 1, 1:

opes,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136:

congestoque avidum pinguescere corpore corpus,

Ov. M. 15, 89:

nemus,

i. e. wood, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216; cf.

silvas,

id. ib. 506:

siccā congestā pulvere barbā,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 31:

terram,

Col. Arb. 3, 6; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 57:

oscula congerimus properata,

to join, add one to another, Ov. H. 17 (18), 113.—

With acc., and a designation of place to, at, or in which, etc., any thing is brought or heaped up:

hasce herbas in suum alvum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 34; cf. Ov. M. 6, 651:

in cellulam patris penum omnem congerebam,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 18:

laticem in vas,

Lucr. 3, 1009; cf. id. 3, 936:

Midae dormienti formicae in os tritici grana congesserunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78; cf.:

in os pueri,

id. ib. 2, 31, 66:

excrementa in unum locum,

Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 25; Suet. Vesp. 5; Sen. Oedip. 870:

scuta illi (sc. virgini) pro aureis donis congesta,

Liv. 1, 11, 8; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

sestertium millies in culinam,

to expend, Sen. ad Helv. 10:

huc amnes vastos congerit tellus,

Val. Fl. 4, 717:

Pindo congestus Athos,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1153:

uni (digito anulos),

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25:

humum corbulae,

Suet. Ner. 19.—

In partic.

Of weapons, missiles, etc., to throw in great numbers, accumulate, shower, etc.:

lanceas,

Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:

saxa in caput alicujus,

Sen. Oedip. 871:

in ipsum Porum tela,

Curt. 8, 14, 38:

congestis telis,

Tac. A. 2, 11.—Hence, poet.:

ictus alicui,

Val. Fl. 4, 307:

plagas mortuo,

Phaedr. 4, 1, 11.—

To make, build, construct, etc., by bringing or heaping together:

Echinades insulae ab Acheloo amne congestae,

Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201:

aram sepulcri arboribus,

Verg. A. 6, 178:

oppida manu,

id. G. 1, 256:

pauperis et tuguri congestum caespite culmen,

id. E. 1, 69.—So of birds, insects, etc.:

lucifugis congesta cubilia blattis,

Verg. G. 4, 243:

nidum,

Ser. Samm. 10, 30; and absol. notavi Ipse locum aëriae quo congessere palumbes (sc. nidum), Verg. E. 3, 69; Gell. 2, 29, 5 (cf. the full expression:

in nervom ille hodie nidamenta congeret,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 51): apes in alvearium congesserant, Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.:

rape, congere, aufer,

Mart. 8, 44, 9.—

Trop.

In discourse, to bring, take, or comprise together, to compile (freq. in Quint.):

operarios omnes,

Cic. Brut. 86, 297:

dicta,

Quint. 6, 3, 5; cf. id. 4, 5, 7:

argumenta (opp. dissolvere),

id. 5, 13, 15:

vana (maledicta),

id. 7, 2, 34:

undique nomina plurimorum poëtarum,

id. 10, 1, 56:

orationem dierum ac noctium studio,

id. 12, 6, 5; cf.:

orationem ex diversis,

id. 2, 11, 7:

figuras,

id. 9, 3, 5: zôê kai psuchê lascivum congeris usque, i. e. you repeat, Mart. 10, 68, 5.—With in:

ut te eripias ex eā, quam ego congessi in hunc sermonem, turbā patronorum,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332; so Quint. 4, 3, 3; 9, 1, 25; 9, 3, 39; 10, 5, 23.—

To put something upon one in a hostile or friendly manner, to accumulate, heap upon, to impart, ascribe to, to impute, attribute to; constr. class. with ad or in; post-Aug. also with dat. pers.: ad quem di [p. 419] atque homines omnia ornamenta congessissent, Cic. Deiot. 4, 12:

ne plus aequo quid in amicitiam congeratur,

id. Lael. 16, 58:

ingentia beneficia in aliquem,

Liv. 42, 11, 2; 30, 1, 4:

congerere juveni consulatus, triumphos,

Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.; cf.:

ambitiosae majestati quicquid potuimus titulorum congessimus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Aug. 98:

mortuo laudes congessit,

id. Tit. 11:

mala alicui,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 2: meli mou, psuchê mou congeris usque, Mart. 10, 68, 5:

spes omnis in unum Te mea congesta est,

Ov. M. 8, 113:

in unum omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117; cf.: iis nihil, quo expleri possit eorum meritum, tributurum populum Romanum, si omnia simul congesserit, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 7.—Esp., of crimes, etc.:

maledicta in aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15; cf.:

congestis probris,

Suet. Tib. 54:

quae (crimina) postea sunt in eum congesta,

Cic. Mil. 24, 64:

causas alicujus rei in aliquem,

Liv. 3, 38, 7.— Hence, * congestus, a, um, P. a., lit. brought together; hence, in pregn. signif., pressed together, thick:

gobio congestior alvo,

Aus. Mos. 132.—

* Adv.: congestē, briefly, summarily:

haec breviter et congeste,

Capitol. Marc. Aur. 19 fin.

con-gĕro, ōnis, m. [1. congero], a thief, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 6; cf. Fulg. p. 566, 13: congerones qui aliena ad se congregant; so also 2. gero.

* * *

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artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).

In gen.:

(corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

Lucr. 6, 454:

dentis,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

compressa in pugnum manus,

Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

(oculos) opertos compressosque,

id. 11, 3, 76:

compressā palmā,

with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

compressam forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

Lucr. 6, 866:

manibus dorsum boum,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

murem,

Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

ordines (aciei),

to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

versus ordinibus,

to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

mulierem,

to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

compressas tenuisse manus,

Luc. 2, 292.—

Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.

To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

animam,

to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

manum,

to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

linguam alicui,

to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

aquam (opp. inmittere),

Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

tela manu,

Stat. Th. 11, 33:

alvum,

to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

stomachum,

to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—

Trop.

Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

vocem et orationem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

gressum,

Verg. A. 6, 389:

consilium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

Clodii conatus furoresque,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

amor compressus edendi,

Verg. A. 8, 184:

tribunicios furores,

Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

ferocitatem tuam istam,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

seditionem,

Liv. 2, 23, 10:

motus,

id. 1, 60, 1:

multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

id. 26, 10, 10:

plausum,

Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

exsultantem laetitiam,

id. Top. 22, 86:

voce manuque Murmura,

Ov. M. 1, 206:

conscientiam,

to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —

Transf. to the person:

non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

comprime te, nimium tinnis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—

With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

annonam,

Liv. 38, 35, 5:

multa, magna delicta,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

orationem illam,

id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

calculus oris compressioris,

Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—

Costive:

venter,

Cels. 1, 3:

alvus,

id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.

In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

compressius loqui (opp. latius),

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Pressingly, urgently:

compressius violentiusque quaerere,

Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).

In gen.:

(corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

Lucr. 6, 454:

dentis,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

compressa in pugnum manus,

Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

(oculos) opertos compressosque,

id. 11, 3, 76:

compressā palmā,

with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

compressam forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

Lucr. 6, 866:

manibus dorsum boum,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

murem,

Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

ordines (aciei),

to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

versus ordinibus,

to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

mulierem,

to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

compressas tenuisse manus,

Luc. 2, 292.—

Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.

To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

animam,

to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

manum,

to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

linguam alicui,

to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

aquam (opp. inmittere),

Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

tela manu,

Stat. Th. 11, 33:

alvum,

to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

stomachum,

to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—

Trop.

Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

vocem et orationem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

gressum,

Verg. A. 6, 389:

consilium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

Clodii conatus furoresque,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

amor compressus edendi,

Verg. A. 8, 184:

tribunicios furores,

Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

ferocitatem tuam istam,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

seditionem,

Liv. 2, 23, 10:

motus,

id. 1, 60, 1:

multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

id. 26, 10, 10:

plausum,

Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

exsultantem laetitiam,

id. Top. 22, 86:

voce manuque Murmura,

Ov. M. 1, 206:

conscientiam,

to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —

Transf. to the person:

non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

comprime te, nimium tinnis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—

With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

annonam,

Liv. 38, 35, 5:

multa, magna delicta,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

orationem illam,

id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

calculus oris compressioris,

Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—

Costive:

venter,

Cels. 1, 3:

alvus,

id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.

In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

compressius loqui (opp. latius),

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Pressingly, urgently:

compressius violentiusque quaerere,

Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

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