the encamping of two legions together

gĕmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].

Act., to double (class.; syn. duplico).

Lit.:

favos,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32: ructuosus spiritus, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123:

victoriae laetitiam,

Liv. 45, 13:

semivocales,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

verba,

id. 9, 3, 28:

decem vitae frater geminaverat annos,

i. e. had completed his twentieth year, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 31:

labor geminaverat aestum,

id. M. 5, 586:

pericula,

Tib. 2, 3, 39:

facinus,

to repeat, Ov. M. 10, 471.— Absol.:

geminabit (sc. pugnum s. plagam) nisi caves,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19.—In part. perf.:

tum sole geminato, quod Tuditano et Aquillio consulibus evenerat, ctc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14:

verba,

id. Part. 6, 21; cf.

littera,

Quint. 1, 7, 29; 1, 4, 11:

victoria,

Liv. 1, 25, 11:

luctus,

id. 40, 55:

urbs,

id. 1, 13:

onus,

Quint. 2, 3, 2:

vulnus,

Ov. M. 12, 257:

plausus,

Verg. G. 2, 509:

consulatus,

repeated, Tac. A. 1, 3:

invidiam fieri geminati honoris,

Liv. 39, 39, 9:

honor,

augmented, Plin. Pan. 92, 1.— [p. 805] Poet.:

quae postquam aspexit geminatus gaudia ductor Sidonius,

i. e. feeling double joy, Sil. 10, 514.—

Transf., to pair, join, or unite two things together:

non ut Serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni,

Hor. A. P. 13:

geminari legionum castra prohibuit,

the encamping of two legions together, Suet. Dom. 7; Stat. S. 1, 2, 239:

non acuta Sic geminant Corybantes aera,

i. e. strike together, Hor. C. 1, 16, 8.—In part. perf.:

prope geminata cacumina montium,

nearly of the same height, Liv. 36, 24, 9.—

Neutr., to be double, Lucr. 4, 451.