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con-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. concresse, Ov. M. 7, 416), v. n., to grow together; hence with the prevailing idea of uniting, and generally of soft or liquid substances which thicken; to harden, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

concrescunt semina (opp. extenuantur),

Lucr. 4, 1261; 6, 626; cf.:

concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae,

Verg. G. 3, 360;

opp. liquere,

Cic. Univ. 14: rigido concrescere rostro Ora videt, to stiffen into a hard beak. Ov. M. 5, 673; cf.:

Aconteus Gorgone conspectā saxo concrevit oborto,

id. ib. 5, 202 (cf. also saxoque oculorum induruit umor, id. ib. 5, 233):

quo pacto pluvius concrescat in altis Nubibus umor,

Lucr. 6, 495; cf. id. 6, 250:

imbres gelidis concrescunt ventis,

Ov. M. 9, 220:

(aqua) neque conglaciaret frigoribus neque nive pruināque concresceret, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

gelidus concrevit frigore sanguis,

Verg. A. 12, 905:

cum lac concrevit,

Col. 7, 8, 3; cf. Ov. M. 12, 436: concretos sanguine crines, stuck together or clotted, Verg. A. 2, 277; cf.:

concreta sanguine barba,

Ov. M. 14, 201.—With in and acc.:

crystalli modo glaciari et in lapidem concrescere,

harden into, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; cf.:

aër... tum autem concretus in nubis cogitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101.—

Meton.

To take form, to grow, increase:

de terris terram concrescere parvis,

Lucr. 1, 840:

terrā in ipsā taetro concrescere odore bitumen,

id. 6, 807; Verg. E. 6, 34; cf.:

indagatio initiorum unde omnia orta, generata, concreta sint,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; 1, 24, 56:

valles, quae fluminum alluvie et inundationibus concreverint,

Col. 3, 11, 8.—With ex:

omne corpus aut aqua aut aër aut ignis aut terra est, aut id quod est concretum ex aliquā parte eorum,

composed, formed of, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30; so id. ib. 3, 14, 34; Tac. A. 13, 57.—

Trop.:

illud funestum animal, ex nefariis stupris, ex civili cruore concretum (al. conceptum),

Cic. Pis. 9, 21. —

(Con intens.) To grow strong, to rise by growing, etc. (so very rare):

(lana) quanto prolixior in pecore concrescit, tanto, etc.,

Col. 7, 3, 10 (but in Lucr. 5, 833, the best reading is clarescit; v. Lachm.).—Hence, concrētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), grown together, concrete, compound, condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted, etc. (class.):

dubitare non possumus quin nihil sit animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; 1, 27, 66:

aër crassus et concretus,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42; Lucr. 1, 1018; 5, 467 sq.:

aër (opp. fusus, extenuatus),

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; cf.:

pingue et concretum esse caelum,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

umores (opp. acres),

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

spuma,

Ov. M. 4, 537:

lac,

Verg. G. 3, 463:

in sanguine,

Ov. M. 13, 492:

mare,

Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104:

nix concreta pruinā,

Lucr. 3, 20:

concreta et durata glacies,

Liv. 21, 36, 8; cf.:

concreta frigora canā pruinā,

stiffened by the hoary frost, Verg. G. 2, 376:

gelu,

Curt. 8, 4.— Poet., of light: cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna abdidit, thick, i. e. dimmed, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18:

nanus et ipse suos breviter concretus in artus,

shortened, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41:

dolor,

benumbing, tearless, Ov. P. 2, 11, 10.— Subst.: concrētum, i, n., firm or solid matter:

species quaedam deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75.—Esp. (sc. gelu), hard or stiff frost:

nec semine jacto Concretum patitur radicem adfigere terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318 Rib. Forbig.; cf. Hildebr. ad App. M. 1, p. 455. (By others concretum is made acc. of 2. concretus. The common reading is concretam, sc. gelu, the root stiffened by frost; cf. Forbig. ad loc.)— Comp.:

semen concretius,

Lucr. 4, 1240:

spuma lactis concretior,

Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: ossa concreta, t. t., solid bones, i. e. without marrow, id. 7, 18, 18, § 78.— Sup. and adv. not in use.

con-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. concresse, Ov. M. 7, 416), v. n., to grow together; hence with the prevailing idea of uniting, and generally of soft or liquid substances which thicken; to harden, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

concrescunt semina (opp. extenuantur),

Lucr. 4, 1261; 6, 626; cf.:

concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae,

Verg. G. 3, 360;

opp. liquere,

Cic. Univ. 14: rigido concrescere rostro Ora videt, to stiffen into a hard beak. Ov. M. 5, 673; cf.:

Aconteus Gorgone conspectā saxo concrevit oborto,

id. ib. 5, 202 (cf. also saxoque oculorum induruit umor, id. ib. 5, 233):

quo pacto pluvius concrescat in altis Nubibus umor,

Lucr. 6, 495; cf. id. 6, 250:

imbres gelidis concrescunt ventis,

Ov. M. 9, 220:

(aqua) neque conglaciaret frigoribus neque nive pruināque concresceret, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

gelidus concrevit frigore sanguis,

Verg. A. 12, 905:

cum lac concrevit,

Col. 7, 8, 3; cf. Ov. M. 12, 436: concretos sanguine crines, stuck together or clotted, Verg. A. 2, 277; cf.:

concreta sanguine barba,

Ov. M. 14, 201.—With in and acc.:

crystalli modo glaciari et in lapidem concrescere,

harden into, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; cf.:

aër... tum autem concretus in nubis cogitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101.—

Meton.

To take form, to grow, increase:

de terris terram concrescere parvis,

Lucr. 1, 840:

terrā in ipsā taetro concrescere odore bitumen,

id. 6, 807; Verg. E. 6, 34; cf.:

indagatio initiorum unde omnia orta, generata, concreta sint,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; 1, 24, 56:

valles, quae fluminum alluvie et inundationibus concreverint,

Col. 3, 11, 8.—With ex:

omne corpus aut aqua aut aër aut ignis aut terra est, aut id quod est concretum ex aliquā parte eorum,

composed, formed of, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30; so id. ib. 3, 14, 34; Tac. A. 13, 57.—

Trop.:

illud funestum animal, ex nefariis stupris, ex civili cruore concretum (al. conceptum),

Cic. Pis. 9, 21. —

(Con intens.) To grow strong, to rise by growing, etc. (so very rare):

(lana) quanto prolixior in pecore concrescit, tanto, etc.,

Col. 7, 3, 10 (but in Lucr. 5, 833, the best reading is clarescit; v. Lachm.).—Hence, concrētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), grown together, concrete, compound, condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted, etc. (class.):

dubitare non possumus quin nihil sit animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; 1, 27, 66:

aër crassus et concretus,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42; Lucr. 1, 1018; 5, 467 sq.:

aër (opp. fusus, extenuatus),

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; cf.:

pingue et concretum esse caelum,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

umores (opp. acres),

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

spuma,

Ov. M. 4, 537:

lac,

Verg. G. 3, 463:

in sanguine,

Ov. M. 13, 492:

mare,

Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104:

nix concreta pruinā,

Lucr. 3, 20:

concreta et durata glacies,

Liv. 21, 36, 8; cf.:

concreta frigora canā pruinā,

stiffened by the hoary frost, Verg. G. 2, 376:

gelu,

Curt. 8, 4.— Poet., of light: cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna abdidit, thick, i. e. dimmed, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18:

nanus et ipse suos breviter concretus in artus,

shortened, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41:

dolor,

benumbing, tearless, Ov. P. 2, 11, 10.— Subst.: concrētum, i, n., firm or solid matter:

species quaedam deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75.—Esp. (sc. gelu), hard or stiff frost:

nec semine jacto Concretum patitur radicem adfigere terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318 Rib. Forbig.; cf. Hildebr. ad App. M. 1, p. 455. (By others concretum is made acc. of 2. concretus. The common reading is concretam, sc. gelu, the root stiffened by frost; cf. Forbig. ad loc.)— Comp.:

semen concretius,

Lucr. 4, 1240:

spuma lactis concretior,

Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: ossa concreta, t. t., solid bones, i. e. without marrow, id. 7, 18, 18, § 78.— Sup. and adv. not in use.

crystallĭnus, a, um, adj., = krustallinos, made of crystal, crystalline, crystal.

Adj.:

calices,

Capitol. Ver. 5:

pila,

Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28:

centra in sapphiris,

id. 37, 9, 39, § 120.—

Subst.: crystallĭ-num, i, n. (sc. vas), Sen. Ira, 3, 40, 2.— Mostly plur, Juv. 6, 155; Mart. 1, 53, 6; 9, 59, 13; Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 30:

PRAEPOSITVS A CRYSTALLINIS,

Inscr. Orell. 2953.

crystallĭnus, a, um, adj., = krustallinos, made of crystal, crystalline, crystal.

Adj.:

calices,

Capitol. Ver. 5:

pila,

Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28:

centra in sapphiris,

id. 37, 9, 39, § 120.—

Subst.: crystallĭ-num, i, n. (sc. vas), Sen. Ira, 3, 40, 2.— Mostly plur, Juv. 6, 155; Mart. 1, 53, 6; 9, 59, 13; Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 30:

PRAEPOSITVS A CRYSTALLINIS,

Inscr. Orell. 2953.

frăgĭlis, e, adj. [id.], easily broken, brittle, fragile (class.; esp. freq. in the transf. signif.; cf.: caducus, fluxus).

Lit.:

cadi,

Ov. M. 12, 243:

coryli (with tiliae molles),

id. ib. 10, 93:

rami,

Verg. E. 8, 40:

myrtus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 16:

ratis,

id. ib. 1, 3, 10; cf.

phaselus,

id. ib. 3, 2, 28:

aes malleis,

Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; cf.:

saccharon dentibus,

id. 12, 8, 17, § 32:

crystalli centrum,

id. 37, 2, 10, § 28:

caput ictibus parvis,

Gell. 6, 1, 11:

tenuior fragiliorque penna scarabaeorum,

Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 97:

ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora,

Ov. A. A. 1, 347.— Poet.:

aquae,

i. e. ice, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 26:

fragiles sonitus chartarum,

i. e. crackling, Lucr. 6, 112:

lauri,

Verg. E. 8, 82:

pollicibus fragiles increpuere manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 12; cf. fragor.—

Transf., in gen., weak, perishable, frail (physically or mentally):

fragile corpus animus sempiternus movet,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24 fin.;

in fragili corpore odiosa omnis offensio est,

id. Sen. 18, 65; cf.:

(corpora) fragili natura praedita,

Lucr. 1, 581; and absol.:

fragili quaerens illidere dentem, Offendet solido,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 77: fragilissimus alvus, Att. ap. Non. 193, 26.—Of an effeminate man: Julius et fragilis Pediatia (sarcastically in the fem. gen. instead of Pediatius), qs. the delicate Miss Pediatius, Hor. S. 1, 8, 39:

quis enim confidit, sibi semper id stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit?

Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque sunt,

id. Lael. 27, 102; id. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.:

divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,

Sall. C. 1, 4:

fortuna populi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28 fin.:

nec aliud est aeque fragile in homine (quam memoria),

Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90:

nulli vita fragilior (quam homini),

id. 7 praef. § 5; cf.:

(hominum) aevum omne et breve et fragile est,

Plin. Pan. 78, 2:

haud aevi fragilis sonipes,

Sil. 3, 386: anni fragiles et inertior aetas, the frail years (of age), Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 3.— Adv. does not occur.

fragmentum, i, n. [FRAG, frango], a piece broken off, a piece, remnant, fragment (class.; mostly in plur.; cf.: frustum, segmentum).

Plur.:

inermem atque imparatum tribunum alii gladiis adoriuntur, alii fragmentis septorum et fustibus,

Cic. Sest. 37, 79:

tegularum,

Liv. 34, 39, 11:

ramorum,

id. 23, 24, 10;

for which ramea,

Verg. G. 4, 304:

avulsarum tabularum remorumque,

Curt. 9, 9:

crystalli,

Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29:

panis,

crumbs, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25.— Poet.:

Emathiae ruinae,

i. e. the remains of the army, Luc. 9, 33.—

Sing.:

fragmentum lapidis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 82.

mucro, ōnis, m., a sharp point or edge; esp., the point of a sword, the sword's point (class.; cf.: acies, cuspis).

Lit.:

mucro falcis,

Col. 4, 25, 1:

dentis,

Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8:

folii,

id. 16, 10, 16, § 38:

crystalli,

id. 37, 2, 9, §

26: cultri,

edge, Juv. 14, 216:

medio jugulaberis ensis,

sword's point, Ov. M. 12, 484:

coruscus,

Verg. A. 2, 333.—

Transf.

A sword:

nisi mucrones militum tremere voltis,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

mortalis,

Verg. A. 12, 740.—

A point, extremity, end ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 2, 520:

faucium,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.—

Trop., edge, point, sharpness:

censorii stili,

Cic. Clu. 44, 123:

tribunicius,

id. Leg. 3, 9, 21:

defensionis tuae,

id. Caecin. 29, 84:

ingenii,

sharpness, Quint. 10, 5, 16.