fills his hand with

implĕo ( inpl-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (sync. forms:

implerunt,

Verg. E. 6, 48; id. G. 4, 461; Pers. 1, 99; Ov. M. 11, 666 al.:

impleris,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

implerit,

Ov. M. 6, 111:

implerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

implerat,

Ov. M. 9, 280 al.:

implessem,

Verg. A. 4, 605:

implesset,

Ov. M. 9, 667:

inplesse,

Liv. 4, 41; Tib. 3, 3, 1; Tac. H. 2, 78 al.), v. a. [inpleo], to fill up, fill full, to make full, fill (freq. and class.; cf. expleo, compleo).

Lit.

In gen.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

is vomens frustis esculentis gremium suum et totum tribunal implevit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

implevitque mero pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 729:

foros flammis,

id. ib. 4, 605:

herbarum suco expresso caput impleatur,

i. e. be wet all over with, Cels. 3, 18 med.; so,

caput calido oleo,

id. 4, 2, 1 med.:

cibis vinoque venas,

Liv. 26, 14, 5: manum pinu flagranti, fills his hand with, i. e. grasps, Verg. A. 9, 72:

fusti istorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6; cf.

in the comic pun: quae (dolia) nisi erunt semper plena, ego te implebo flagris,

id. Cas. 1, 35:

tuis oraculis Chrysippus totum volumen implevit,

Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; cf. in the foll. g:

Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis,

filled, swelled, Verg. A. 7, 23.—

Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf.

compleo): ollam denariorum implere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—

With a simple acc.:

id mustum coicies in amphoram et implebis ad summum,

Col. 12, 36:

alter de ipsa justitia quatuor implevit sane grandes libros,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

In partic.

To fill with food, to satisfy, satiate:

praeparatā nos implevimus cenā,

Petr. 16:

implentur veteris Bacchi pinguisque ferinae,

satisfy, regale themselves, Verg. A. 1, 215; so,

vis impleri, mid.,

Juv. 5, 75; cf.:

se interdiu,

Cels. 1, 2 fin. —

To fill, to make fleshy, fat, stout:

si aqua inter cutem quem implevit,

Cels. 2, 8 med.:

implet corpus modica exercitatio, etc.,

makes fat, id. 1, 3 med.:

nascentes implent conchylia lunae,

fill up, fatten, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

Nomentanae vites se frequenter implent,

Col. 3, 2, 14.—Hence also of women and animals, to make pregnant, impregnate:

(Peleus Thetidem) ingenti implet Achille,

Ov. M. 11, 265; 4, 698; 5, 111; 9, 280; so of animals: sues implentur uno coitu, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 205; 9, 23, 39, § 76; Col. 7, 6, 3. —

To fill up, amount to a certain measure:

mensuraque roboris ulnas Quinque ter implebat,

Ov. M. 8, 748:

arboris crassitudo quatuor hominum ulnas complectentium implebat,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 202; cf. id. 18, 10, 20, § 92:

luna quater junctis implerat cornibus orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 344; 7, 530.

Trop.

Ingen., to fill, make full.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

impune ut urbem nomine impleris meo,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

urbem tumultu,

Liv. 24, 26, 12; cf.:

voce deos,

Val. Fl. 2, 167:

aliquem hortatibus,

id. 4, 81:

aliquem spe,

Just. 29, 4 fin.:

pectus falsis terroribus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

scopulos lacrimosis vocibus,

Verg. A. 11, 274:

multitudinem exspectatione vana,

Liv. 36, 29, 3; 41, 5, 2:

milites praeda,

satisfy, id. 7, 16, 3; 25, 20, 6:

omnia terrore,

id. 9, 24, 8:

anxiis curis,

id. 1, 56, 4 et saep.:

vacua causarum conviciis,

Quint. 12, 9, 8; 4, 2, 114; Tac. A. 1, 22:

rem alioqui levem sententiarum pondere,

Quint. 9, 3, 74; cf. id. 5, 13, 56; Liv. 7, 2, 7:

cum sese sociorum, cum regum sanguine implerint,

have filled, covered, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

se caedibus,

Sil. 9, 528:

te ager vitibus implet,

enriches, Juv. 9, 56.— Pass.:

omnia delubra pacem deum exposcentium virorum turba inplebantur,

were thronged, Liv. 3, 5, 14.—

Aliquid ( aliquem) alicujus rei:

celeriter adulescentem suae temeritatis implet,

Liv. 1, 46, 8:

omnia erroris mutui,

id. 4, 41, 7:

aliquem spei animorumque,

id. 7, 7, 5:

aliquem religionis,

id. 5, 28, 4:

hostes fugae et formidinis,

id. 10, 14, 20 et saep.—

With the simple acc.:

acta magni Herculis implerant terras,

Ov. M. 9, 135; 9, 667; id. F. 1, 93:

quod tectum magnus hospes impleveris,

hast filled with thy presence, thy greatness, Plin. Pan. 15, 4; id. Ep. 7, 24 fin.:

non semper implet (Demosthenes) aures meas,

does not always satisfy, Cic. Or. 29, 104:

odium novercae,

Ov. M. 9, 135: implere ceterorum rudes animos, i. q. to inflame, to poison, Tac. A. 1, 31; cf.:

urbs deinde impletur (sc. contagione morbi),

Liv. 4, 30, 8:

nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae,

Juv. 14, 215:

vestigia alicujus,

to follow after, imitate, Plin. Ep. 8, 13, 1:

ceras pusillas,

i. e. to cover with writing, Juv. 14, 30; cf.:

ceras capaces,

id. 1, 63:

tabulas,

id. 2, 58:

vices,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 432.—

With the simple abl.: Minyae clamoribus implent (sc. Jasonem), fill, i. e. spur on, inflame by acclamation, Ov. M. 7, 120.—

In partic.

To fill up a portion of time or a number, to make out, complete, finish, end:

puer, qui nondum impleverat annum,

Ov. M. 9, 338:

octavum et nonagesimum annum,

Quint. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

me quater undenos sciat implevisse Decembres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 27:

vitae cursum,

Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75:

finem vitae sponte an fato,

Tac. A. 2, 42 fin.:

impleta ut essent sex milia,

Liv. 33, 14; cf.:

cohortes conscripserat ac triginta legionum instar impleverat,

Vell. 2, 20, 4:

si numerum, si tres implevero,

Juv. 9, 90.—

With the accessory notion of activity, to fulfil, discharge, execute, satisfy, content:

ne id profiteri videar, quod non possim implere,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.

promissum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6:

munia sua,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

incohatas delationes,

Dig. 48, 1, 5:

consilium,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

vera bona,

id. Agr. 44:

fata,

Liv. 1, 7, 11:

utinam quam spem ille de me concepit, partes officii,

Plin. Ep. 5, 56, 3; 10, 52, 2 (D):

impleverim!

id. ib. 1, 10, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 12:

desideria naturae,

Curt. 6, 2, 3:

exsequiarum officium,

Just. 23, 2, 8:

religionis officium,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 35, 3:

hominis officium, Lact. Op. Dei, 20, 9: officium (opp. suscipere),

id. 6, 6, 15:

mandatum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 161:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 13, 8.—Rarely with a personal object:

implere censorem,

i. e. to discharge the office of censor, Vell. 2, 95 fin. Ruhnk.—

Rhet. t. t., to make emphatic, make prominent:

infirma, nisi majore quodam oratoris spiritu implentur,

Quint. 5, 13, 56.

implĕo ( inpl-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (sync. forms:

implerunt,

Verg. E. 6, 48; id. G. 4, 461; Pers. 1, 99; Ov. M. 11, 666 al.:

impleris,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

implerit,

Ov. M. 6, 111:

implerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

implerat,

Ov. M. 9, 280 al.:

implessem,

Verg. A. 4, 605:

implesset,

Ov. M. 9, 667:

inplesse,

Liv. 4, 41; Tib. 3, 3, 1; Tac. H. 2, 78 al.), v. a. [inpleo], to fill up, fill full, to make full, fill (freq. and class.; cf. expleo, compleo).

Lit.

In gen.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

is vomens frustis esculentis gremium suum et totum tribunal implevit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

implevitque mero pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 729:

foros flammis,

id. ib. 4, 605:

herbarum suco expresso caput impleatur,

i. e. be wet all over with, Cels. 3, 18 med.; so,

caput calido oleo,

id. 4, 2, 1 med.:

cibis vinoque venas,

Liv. 26, 14, 5: manum pinu flagranti, fills his hand with, i. e. grasps, Verg. A. 9, 72:

fusti istorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6; cf.

in the comic pun: quae (dolia) nisi erunt semper plena, ego te implebo flagris,

id. Cas. 1, 35:

tuis oraculis Chrysippus totum volumen implevit,

Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; cf. in the foll. g:

Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis,

filled, swelled, Verg. A. 7, 23.—

Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf.

compleo): ollam denariorum implere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—

With a simple acc.:

id mustum coicies in amphoram et implebis ad summum,

Col. 12, 36:

alter de ipsa justitia quatuor implevit sane grandes libros,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

In partic.

To fill with food, to satisfy, satiate:

praeparatā nos implevimus cenā,

Petr. 16:

implentur veteris Bacchi pinguisque ferinae,

satisfy, regale themselves, Verg. A. 1, 215; so,

vis impleri, mid.,

Juv. 5, 75; cf.:

se interdiu,

Cels. 1, 2 fin. —

To fill, to make fleshy, fat, stout:

si aqua inter cutem quem implevit,

Cels. 2, 8 med.:

implet corpus modica exercitatio, etc.,

makes fat, id. 1, 3 med.:

nascentes implent conchylia lunae,

fill up, fatten, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

Nomentanae vites se frequenter implent,

Col. 3, 2, 14.—Hence also of women and animals, to make pregnant, impregnate:

(Peleus Thetidem) ingenti implet Achille,

Ov. M. 11, 265; 4, 698; 5, 111; 9, 280; so of animals: sues implentur uno coitu, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 205; 9, 23, 39, § 76; Col. 7, 6, 3. —

To fill up, amount to a certain measure:

mensuraque roboris ulnas Quinque ter implebat,

Ov. M. 8, 748:

arboris crassitudo quatuor hominum ulnas complectentium implebat,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 202; cf. id. 18, 10, 20, § 92:

luna quater junctis implerat cornibus orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 344; 7, 530.

Trop.

Ingen., to fill, make full.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

impune ut urbem nomine impleris meo,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

urbem tumultu,

Liv. 24, 26, 12; cf.:

voce deos,

Val. Fl. 2, 167:

aliquem hortatibus,

id. 4, 81:

aliquem spe,

Just. 29, 4 fin.:

pectus falsis terroribus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

scopulos lacrimosis vocibus,

Verg. A. 11, 274:

multitudinem exspectatione vana,

Liv. 36, 29, 3; 41, 5, 2:

milites praeda,

satisfy, id. 7, 16, 3; 25, 20, 6:

omnia terrore,

id. 9, 24, 8:

anxiis curis,

id. 1, 56, 4 et saep.:

vacua causarum conviciis,

Quint. 12, 9, 8; 4, 2, 114; Tac. A. 1, 22:

rem alioqui levem sententiarum pondere,

Quint. 9, 3, 74; cf. id. 5, 13, 56; Liv. 7, 2, 7:

cum sese sociorum, cum regum sanguine implerint,

have filled, covered, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

se caedibus,

Sil. 9, 528:

te ager vitibus implet,

enriches, Juv. 9, 56.— Pass.:

omnia delubra pacem deum exposcentium virorum turba inplebantur,

were thronged, Liv. 3, 5, 14.—

Aliquid ( aliquem) alicujus rei:

celeriter adulescentem suae temeritatis implet,

Liv. 1, 46, 8:

omnia erroris mutui,

id. 4, 41, 7:

aliquem spei animorumque,

id. 7, 7, 5:

aliquem religionis,

id. 5, 28, 4:

hostes fugae et formidinis,

id. 10, 14, 20 et saep.—

With the simple acc.:

acta magni Herculis implerant terras,

Ov. M. 9, 135; 9, 667; id. F. 1, 93:

quod tectum magnus hospes impleveris,

hast filled with thy presence, thy greatness, Plin. Pan. 15, 4; id. Ep. 7, 24 fin.:

non semper implet (Demosthenes) aures meas,

does not always satisfy, Cic. Or. 29, 104:

odium novercae,

Ov. M. 9, 135: implere ceterorum rudes animos, i. q. to inflame, to poison, Tac. A. 1, 31; cf.:

urbs deinde impletur (sc. contagione morbi),

Liv. 4, 30, 8:

nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae,

Juv. 14, 215:

vestigia alicujus,

to follow after, imitate, Plin. Ep. 8, 13, 1:

ceras pusillas,

i. e. to cover with writing, Juv. 14, 30; cf.:

ceras capaces,

id. 1, 63:

tabulas,

id. 2, 58:

vices,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 432.—

With the simple abl.: Minyae clamoribus implent (sc. Jasonem), fill, i. e. spur on, inflame by acclamation, Ov. M. 7, 120.—

In partic.

To fill up a portion of time or a number, to make out, complete, finish, end:

puer, qui nondum impleverat annum,

Ov. M. 9, 338:

octavum et nonagesimum annum,

Quint. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

me quater undenos sciat implevisse Decembres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 27:

vitae cursum,

Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75:

finem vitae sponte an fato,

Tac. A. 2, 42 fin.:

impleta ut essent sex milia,

Liv. 33, 14; cf.:

cohortes conscripserat ac triginta legionum instar impleverat,

Vell. 2, 20, 4:

si numerum, si tres implevero,

Juv. 9, 90.—

With the accessory notion of activity, to fulfil, discharge, execute, satisfy, content:

ne id profiteri videar, quod non possim implere,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.

promissum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6:

munia sua,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

incohatas delationes,

Dig. 48, 1, 5:

consilium,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

vera bona,

id. Agr. 44:

fata,

Liv. 1, 7, 11:

utinam quam spem ille de me concepit, partes officii,

Plin. Ep. 5, 56, 3; 10, 52, 2 (D):

impleverim!

id. ib. 1, 10, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 12:

desideria naturae,

Curt. 6, 2, 3:

exsequiarum officium,

Just. 23, 2, 8:

religionis officium,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 35, 3:

hominis officium, Lact. Op. Dei, 20, 9: officium (opp. suscipere),

id. 6, 6, 15:

mandatum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 161:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 13, 8.—Rarely with a personal object:

implere censorem,

i. e. to discharge the office of censor, Vell. 2, 95 fin. Ruhnk.—

Rhet. t. t., to make emphatic, make prominent:

infirma, nisi majore quodam oratoris spiritu implentur,

Quint. 5, 13, 56.

con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.