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1 tumulus
mound, grave, heap of earth. -
2 agger
agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].I.Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:II.aggere paludem explere,
id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:longius erat agger petendus,
id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:superjecto aggere terreno,
Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:implere cavernas aggere,
Curt. 8, 10, 27:fossas aggere complent,
Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,Esp.A.The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:B.atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,
id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,
Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,
Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:agger armorum,
Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:aggeres Alpini,
Verg. A. 6, 830; so,Thessalici aggeres,
i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:ab alto aggere,
Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,
Luc. 5, 674:consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,
Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:mons aquae,
Verg. A. 1, 105).—In milit. lang.1.A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:2.aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,
id. Phil. 10, 9:celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:jacere,
to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:aggerem exstruere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 30:instruere,
id. ib. 8, 41:promovere ad urbem,
to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,
rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.3.Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,
Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:4.stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,
Luc. 5, 317:vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,
Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):viae deprensus in aggere serpens,
Verg. A. 5, 273:Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,
Rutil. Itiner. 39:aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,
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3 agger
agger eris, m [ad + GES-], a mass, heap, collection, pile: aggere paludem explere, Cs.: longius erat agger petendus, Cs.: fossas aggere conplent, V.—A heap of rubbish, pile of stones, bank, mound, dam, pier, hillock, wall, dike, mole, rampart: aggeribus niveis informis terra, with snow-drifts, V.: proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, V.: molirique aggere tecta, a stockade, V.: aggeribus ruptis amnis exit, dams, V.: muniti aggere portūs, a breakwater, O.: viae agger, a causeway, V.—Poet.: aggeres Alpini, i. e. mountains, V.— A funeral pile, O. — A platform (for a speaker), O. — In war, a mound erected before a besieged city to sustain battering engines: vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere iacto, Cs.: aggerem iacere, S.: promovere ad urbem, to bring near to the city, L.; usu. of wood; hence, ut agger, tormenta flammam conciperent, Cs.: aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, L. — Fig.: esset agger oppugnandae Italiae, a rampart for attacking. — Freq. of mounds or terraces in Rome, built for defence, and afterwards used as promenades, a boulevard, terrace: maximus (Tarquinii): (Servius) aggere circumdat urbem, L.: Aggere in aprico spatiari, H.— A mound to protect a camp: seges aggere cingit, V.* * *rampart (or material for); causeway, pier; heap, pile, mound; dam; mud wall -
4 tumulus
tumulus ī, m [1 TV-], a heap of earth, mound, hill, hillock: terrenus, Cs.: ignis e speculā sublatus aut tumulo: silvestres: tumuli ex aggere, V. — A sepulchral mound, barrow, grave, tumulus: tumulus, qui corpus eius contexerat: statuent tumulum, V.: Corpora dant tumulo, O.: inanis, a cenotaph, V.* * *mound, hillock; mound, tomb -
5 būstum
būstum ī, n a place of burning and burying, funeral - pyre: semiusta Busta, V. — A mound, tomb: bustum evertere: Catilinae ingens terreno ex aggere, V.; a place in Rome was named busta Gallica, the tomb of the Gauls, L.: civilia busta (of Philippi), Pr.—Plur., of a single tomb: Nini, O. —Fig., of Tereus: se vocat bustum miserabile nati, O.: bustum legum, i. e. one who annulled the laws.* * *tomb, grave-mound; corpse; funeral pyre, ashes; heap of ashes (remains of city) -
6 tumulō
tumulō āvī, ātus, āre [tumulus], to cover with a mound, bury, inter, entomb: quam tumulavit alumnus, O.: neque iniectā tumulabor mortua terrā, Ct.— P. pass. as subst m.: nomen tumulati traxit in urbem, i. e. named the town for the burial (Sybaris), O.* * *tumulare, tumulavi, tumulatus V -
7 adgestum
mound, dike, elevation formed like a dike/mound -
8 adgestus
Imound, dike, elevation formed like a dike/moundIIpiling up; act of bringing; earthen bank, terrace; sprinkling earth over body -
9 aggestum
mound, dike, elevation formed like a dike/mound -
10 aggestus
Imound, dike, elevation formed like a dike/moundIIpiling up; act of bringing; earthen bank, terrace; sprinkling earth over body -
11 contumulo
contumulare, contumulavi, contumulatus V TRANSbury, inter; heap together; heap up like a mound (L+S); furnish with a mound -
12 contumulo
con-tŭmŭlo, āre, v. a.* I.To heap up like a mound:II.ovis stragulum molle pulvere,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100.—To furnish with a mound, to inter, bury:saucium ingestā humo,
Ov. Ib. 460; cf. id. Tr. 3, 3, 33; Mart. 8, 57, 4. -
13 tumulus
tŭmŭlus, i, m. (late Lat. in the neutr.: HOC TVMVLVM, Inscr. Rein. cl. 20, 197) [tumeo; cf. also tumor and tumidus], a raised heap of earth, a mound, hill, hillock (freq. and class.; cf.: agger, moles).I.In gen.:II.terrenus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:ignis e speculā sublatus aut tumulo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93:coacervatis cadaveribus, qui superessent ut ex tumulo tela in nostros conicerent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 27:quaeris, utrum magis tumulis prospectuque an ambulatione delecter,
Cic. Att. 14, 13, 1:cum tumulos Albano in monte nivalis Lustrasti, id. Div. poët. 1, 11, 18: vos enim, Albani tumuli atque luci,
id. Mil. 31, 85:silvestres,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24: pecuda in tumulis deserunt, Att. ap. Non. p. 159, 10:tumuli ex aggere,
Verg. A. 5, 44: tumulus naturalis, Auct. B. Alex. 72, 1.—In partic., a sepulchral mound, barrow, tumulus (cf. sepulcrum):(Demetrius) super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam, etc.,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:(Alexander) cum in Sigaeo ad Achillis tumulum astitisset,
id. Arch. 10, 24; id. poët. Tusc. 3, 27, 65; Quint. 7, 3, 31:tumulum facere,
Verg. E. 5, 42:hostilem ad tumulum,
id. A. 3, 322:statuent tumulum,
id. ib. 6, 380:tumulo dare corpora,
Ov. M. 2, 326; 4, 157; id. F. 3, 547; id. Tr. 3, 3, 72:tumulum Varianis legionibus structum,
Tac. A. 2, 7:reliquiae tumulo Augusti inferebantur,
id. ib. 3, 3:honorarius,
i. e. a sepulchral monument, cenotaph, Suet. Claud. 1;called also inanis,
Verg. A. 6, 505. -
14 aggerō
aggerō āvī, —, āre [agger], to make a mound of, heap up, pile: Cadavera, V.: Laurentis praemia pugnae, V. — Fig., to pile up, increase, stimulate: iras dictis, V.— To fill with earth: spatium, Cu.* * *Iaggerare, aggeravi, aggeratus V TRANSheap/fill up, bring, carry; increase, add fuel; push/crowd/press togetherIIaggerere, aggessi, aggestus V TRANSheap/cover up over, pile/build up, erect; accumulate; intensify, exaggerate -
15 caespes
caespes (not cēspes), itis, m [caedo], a turf, cut sod: non esse arma caespites, neque glaebas. —For an altar: vivus, H.: Dis focos de caespite poinit, O.: ara e caespite facta, Ta.: Sepulcrum caespes erigit, Ta. — A cot, hut, hovel: spernere caespitem, H. — A bed ( of plants): uno tollit de caespite silvam, V. — A grassy field, green field, turf: de caespite virgo Se levat, O.* * *grassy ground, grass; earth; sod, turf; altar/rampart/mound of sod/turf/earth -
16 cēspes
cēspes see caespes.* * *grassy ground, grass; earth; sod, turf; altar/rampart/mound of sod/turf/earth -
17 collis
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18 con - tumulō
con - tumulō —, —, āre, to cover with a mound, inter, bury: contumulari humo, O. -
19 cumulus
cumulus ī, m [2 CAV-], a heap, pile, mass, accumulation: Gallorum cumuli, i. e. of slain, L.: armorum cumulos coacervare, L.: aquarum, O.: harenae, V.: insequitur cumulo aquae mons, follows with its mass, V. — Fig., a mass, accumulation: acervatarum legum, L.—Meton., a surplus, overplus, accession, addition, increase: ut ad illam praedam damnatio Roscii velut cumulus accedat: mercedis: dierum, additional number: accesserint in cumulum, as an addition: aliquem cumulum artibus adferre: perfidiae, O.: cladis, as the crown of woe, O.: gaudii.* * *heap/pile/mound/aggregate/mass/accumulation; wave (water); surplus, increase; finishing touch, consummation, pinnacle, summit, peak, crown; ending of speech -
20 suggestum
suggestum ī, n [suggero], an artificial mound, platform, stage, tribune: in communibus suggestis consistere: suggestum ascendens.
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