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1 congregō
congregō āvī, atus, are [com- + grex], to collect in a flock, swarm: apium examina congregantur.—To collect, assemble, unite, join, associate: homines: familiae congregantur: se unum in locum ad curiam: hominem in hunc numerum: se cum aequalibus.— Pass, to assemble: unum in locum: armati locis patentibus congregantur, L.: in urbe, Ta.—Prov.: pares cum paribus facillime congregantur, birds of a feather.* * *congregare, congregavi, congregatus V TRANScollect/bring together/assemble/convene; flock, congregate; group; concentrate -
2 conligō or colligō
conligō or colligō lēgī, lēctus, ere [com+ 2 lego].—Of things, to gather, collect, assemble, bring together: stipulam, T.: radices palmarum: limum ovo, i. e. clear the wine, H.: horto olus, O.: de vitibus uvas, O.: fructūs, H.: sarmenta virgultaque, Cs.: serpentīs, N.: viatica, H.: conlectae ex alto nubes, heaped together, V.: sparsos per colla capillos in nodum, O.: nodo sinūs conlecta fluentēs, V.: pulverem Olympicum, i. e. to cover himself with, H.: equos, to check, O.: sarcinas conligere, to put in order (before battle), S.: vasa, to pack up (for a march): vasa silentio, L.: arma, to take up the oars, V.—Of persons. to collect, assemble, bring together: exercitus conlectus ex senibus desperatis: milites: reliquos e fugā, N.: conlectā iuvenum manu, L.—To contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate: in spiram tractu se conligit anguis, V.: orbem, L.: apicem conlectus in unum, O.: se in arma, concealed, V.—To gather, repair: in quo (rei p. naufragio) conligendo: naufragia fortunae.—Fig., to gather, collect, acquire, incur: iram, H.: rumorum ventos: haec ut conligeres, declamasti, compose: vestigia Pythagoreorum: repente auctoritatem, Cs.: famam clementiae, L.: invidiam crudelitatis ex eo: sitim, V.: frigus, H.: agendo vires ad agendum, L.—To collect, compose, recover: se: sui conligendi facultas, rallying, Cs.: se ex timore, Cs.: animos, L.: priusquam conligerentur animi, L.: mentem, O.: ubi conlectum robur (tauri), V. — In thought, to gather, collect, consider, deduce, infer: paucitatem inde hostium, L.: haec pueris esse grata: sic conlige mecum, H.: qualis in illā decor fuerit, O.: Nereïda sua damna mittere, O.: ex quo ducenti anni conliguntur, are reckoned, Ta. -
3 contineō
contineō tinuī, tentus, ēre [com-+teneo], to hold together, bound, limit, comprise, enclose, surround, environ: ut trabes artē contineantur, Cs.: oppidum pons continebat, made a connection with, Cs.: hiberna milibus passuum C continebantur, were comprised within, Cs.: loci naturā continentur, are shut in, Cs.: artes inter se continentur, hang together: Zonarum trium contentus fine, O. —To keep together, keep in a body: uno in loco legiones, Cs.: navīs ibi, Cs.: exercitum, L.—To shut in, hem in, surround, hold: munitionibus contineri, Cs.: angustissime Pompeium, Cs.—To hold fast, keep, hold in place, retain: quod recepit: merces (opp. partiri): (naves) copulis continebantur, Cs.: parta a maioribus, Ta.—To keep, detain, shut in, hold, restrain, repress: manūs, keep hands off, T.: unde manum continuit? H.: sub pellibus milites, Cs.: nostros in castris, Cs.: ora frenis, Ph.: ventos carcere, O.: animam in dicendo: se domi, to stay: suo se loco, Cs.: agricolam si continet imber, keeps in doors, V.: suis intra munitionem, Cs.: alqm dextrā prehensum, V.: deprensum hostem, O.: gradum, to halt, V. — To comprise, contain, comprehend: in se vim caloris: genitalia corpora mundus, O.—Fig., to hold together, keep, retain: rem p.: Belgas in officio, Cs.: ceteros in armis, L.: eius hospitio contineri, N.—To hold back, detain, repress, check, curb, stay, stop, subdue: adpetitiones animi: insolentiam suam: Etruriam terrore, L.: animum a consuetā libidine, S.: hos flumina continebant, Cs.: manum iuventus Metu deorum, H.: se male, O.: vix me contineo, quin, etc., T.: non posse milites contineri, quin, etc., Cs.: vix contineor, refrain, T.: Quae vera audivi, keep to myself, T.: libros, keep back: odia tacitis nunc discordiis continentur, are confined within the limits of.—To comprehend, embrace, include, comprise: liber continet res gestas regum, N.: (comitia) rem militarem continent (i. e. in their jurisdiction), L.: fabula continet aestūs, H.: quo more caerimonia continetur, consists, Cs.: quae maxime rem continerent, the principal points, L.: forum, in quo aequitas continetur.* * *continere, continui, contentus V TRANSsecure, maintain, sustain; fasten/hold in position; retain, keep safe, preserve; hinder, contain/shut in/confine; stay; restrain/hold back; comprise/form basis; keep/hold/hang together/fast; surround, enclose, contain, limit; concentrate -
4 dēnsō
dēnsō —, ātus, āre [densus], to make thick, thicken, press, pack, close: catervas, V.: densari ordines iussit, L.: scutis super capita densatis, L.: corpus in unum densatur, O.: obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae, V.: male densatus agger, L.* * *densare, densavi, densatus V TRANSthicken/condense/concentrate/compress/coagulate; press/pack/crowd together -
5 conglomero
conglomerare, conglomeravi, conglomeratus V TRANSconcentrate, gather into a compact mass; heap (evils upon a person) (w/in+ACC) -
6 defigo
fasten down, secure, fix firmly/ concentrate, fix upon. -
7 incumbo
I.(-ere) to apply oneself, concentrate / favor, further, promoteII.(-ere) to lie or lean upon, lean over, overhang -
8 collectum
1.col-lĭgo ( conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3, v.a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.),I.Prop.A.In gen.1.Of things:2.omnia praesegmina,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34:stipulam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28:radices palmarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:apes in vas,
Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37:ossa,
Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf.reliquias,
Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3:materiem nostram Post obitum,
Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793):sparsos per colla capillos in nodum,
Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person:immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 338; so,sinus fluentes,
Verg. A. 1, 320:flores,
Ov. M. 5, 399:riguo horto olus,
id. ib. 8, 646:de purpureis vitibus uvas,
id. ib. 8, 676:fructus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19:sarmenta virgultaque,
Caes. B. G. 3, 18:serpentes,
Nep. Hann. 10, 4:naufragium,
Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3:pecuniam,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47:viatica,
id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.:stipem a tyrannis,
to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9:aër umorem colligens,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:imbres,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.:pluvias aquas,
Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5. 14, 31:ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus,
Lucr. 6, 558:procellam,
id. 6, 124:spiritum,
Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53:flatus cornibus,
Sil. 14, 390:collectae ex alto nubes,
heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324:pulvis collectus turbine,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.:pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat,
i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4:luna revertentes colligit ignes,
Verg. G. 1, 427:antiqua verba et figuras,
Suet. Gram. 10:equos,
to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so,gressum,
Sil. 6, 399:gradum,
id. 7, 695; so,fig. iram,
id. 9, 477;and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere,
Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21:librum,
to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur,
id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one ' s luggage for a journey:annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1:arma = remos,
i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:B.exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis,
Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 8:milites,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:reliquos ex fugā,
Nep. Hann. 6 fin.:manu collectā in Thraciam introiit,
id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37:de pagis omnibus bonos viros,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect:in moenia,
Sil. 10, 390:ex regno alicujus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected:in aestuaria ac paludes,
Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.):b.in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.:cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere,
Liv. 2, 50, 7:alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,
Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.:apicem collectus in unum,
Ov. M. 13, 910:pedes,
to compress, Tib. 1, 8, 14:volumina collecta in artum,
Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. sustaleis en aspidi, ep aspidos); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129:pallium,
to gather up, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9:togam,
Mart. 7, 33, 4:12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes,
causes them to retreat, Sil. 10, 3.—Hence,Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.—II.Trop.A.To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.):b.sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus,
i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15:flammarum iras,
Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335:multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191:res undique conlectae,
id. ib. 3, 24, 92:quaedam conlecta edere,
Quint. 5, 10, 120:sparsa argumenta,
id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. [p. 367] Gram. 10:omnes rumorum et contionum ventos,
Cic. Clu. 28, 77:rumorem bonum,
id. Leg. 1, 19, 50:peccata consulum,
id. ib. 3, 10, 23:vestigia Pythagoreorum,
id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3:existimationem multo sudore,
id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:benevolentiam civium blanditiis,
id. Lael. 17, 61:magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1:auctoritatem,
Caes. B. G. 6, 12:famam clementiae,
Liv. 21, 48, 10:tantum amoris favorisque,
Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9:invidiam crudelitatis ex eo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:crimina majestatis,
Plin. Pan. 33 fin.:sitim,
Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.:adducere sitim,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 13):frigus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13:rabiem,
Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212:odium,
id. ib. 3, 258:usum patiendi,
id. Am. 1, 8, 75:vires usu,
id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.—Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose):B.ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit,
id. 36, 12, 17, § 77:ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV.,
id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.—Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one ' s self, to compose one ' s self, to recover one ' s courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.):C.quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere?
Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14:se colligere,
to rally, id. B.G. 5, 17:se ex timore,
id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50:animos,
Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13:animum,
Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48:animum cogitationemque,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14:mentem,
Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.:mentem cum vultu,
id. Am. 1, 14, 55:paulatim mente collectā,
Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.:colligere spiritum,
to take breath, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider:b.cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo,
Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc.,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4:levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.:sic collige mecum,
id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq.,To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex:1.ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear,
Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per:aliquid per aliud,
Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.:quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt,
Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde:paucitatem inde hostium colligentes,
Liv. 7, 37, 9:bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata,
Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc.,
Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence,collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus):2.tanto beatior, quanto collectior,
App. Mag. 21, p. 287:corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora),
Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795:tempus collectius,
Tert. Monog. 14.— Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly:ponere aliquod verbum,
Non. p. 164, 1.—collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.2.col-lĭgo ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bind, tie, or fasten together, to connect, bind, tie up (in good prose).I.Prop.:II.omne colligatum solvi potest,
Cic. Univ. 11, 35:corpora colligata vinculis naturalibus,
id. ib.; cf. id. ib. 5, 13: vasa (of warlike implements; cf. the preced. art., I. A. 1. fin.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 16:manus,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25, and the common expression in the formula: i, lictor, colliga manus, tie the prisoner ' s hands, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 8: conligavit eum miseris modis, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 33:pluribus scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,
fastened to one another, Caes. B. G. 1, 25:solum herbis colligatum,
thickly overgrown, Col. 2, 17, 5:bitumen vulnera colligat,
Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181; cf.: colligatis vulneribus, * Suet. Tib. 61.—Trop.A.In gen., to unite, combine, connect (rare except in Cic.):B.homines inter se sermonis vinclo,
Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:officiorum genera inter se colligata atque implicata sunt,
id. Off. 1, 5, 15; cf.:(res) omnes inter se aptae colligataeque,
id. N. D. 1, 4, 9:sententias verbis,
to join together rhetorically, id. Or. 50, 168:annorum septingentorum memoriam uno libro,
to comprehend, comprise, id. ib. 34, 120.—With the access. idea of preventing free motion, to restrain, check, stop, hinder:impetum furentis (Antonii),
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4:Brutum in Graeciā,
i. e. to command that he remain there for protection, id. ib. 11, 11, 26:se cum multis,
id. Fam. 9, 17, 2.—Hence, collĭgātē, adv., connectedly, jointly:colligatius adhaerere alicui,
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9 colligo
1.col-lĭgo ( conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3, v.a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.),I.Prop.A.In gen.1.Of things:2.omnia praesegmina,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34:stipulam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28:radices palmarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:apes in vas,
Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37:ossa,
Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf.reliquias,
Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3:materiem nostram Post obitum,
Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793):sparsos per colla capillos in nodum,
Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person:immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 338; so,sinus fluentes,
Verg. A. 1, 320:flores,
Ov. M. 5, 399:riguo horto olus,
id. ib. 8, 646:de purpureis vitibus uvas,
id. ib. 8, 676:fructus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19:sarmenta virgultaque,
Caes. B. G. 3, 18:serpentes,
Nep. Hann. 10, 4:naufragium,
Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3:pecuniam,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47:viatica,
id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.:stipem a tyrannis,
to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9:aër umorem colligens,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:imbres,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.:pluvias aquas,
Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5. 14, 31:ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus,
Lucr. 6, 558:procellam,
id. 6, 124:spiritum,
Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53:flatus cornibus,
Sil. 14, 390:collectae ex alto nubes,
heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324:pulvis collectus turbine,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.:pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat,
i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4:luna revertentes colligit ignes,
Verg. G. 1, 427:antiqua verba et figuras,
Suet. Gram. 10:equos,
to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so,gressum,
Sil. 6, 399:gradum,
id. 7, 695; so,fig. iram,
id. 9, 477;and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere,
Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21:librum,
to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur,
id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one ' s luggage for a journey:annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1:arma = remos,
i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:B.exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis,
Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 8:milites,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:reliquos ex fugā,
Nep. Hann. 6 fin.:manu collectā in Thraciam introiit,
id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37:de pagis omnibus bonos viros,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect:in moenia,
Sil. 10, 390:ex regno alicujus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected:in aestuaria ac paludes,
Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.):b.in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.:cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere,
Liv. 2, 50, 7:alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,
Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.:apicem collectus in unum,
Ov. M. 13, 910:pedes,
to compress, Tib. 1, 8, 14:volumina collecta in artum,
Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. sustaleis en aspidi, ep aspidos); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129:pallium,
to gather up, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9:togam,
Mart. 7, 33, 4:12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes,
causes them to retreat, Sil. 10, 3.—Hence,Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.—II.Trop.A.To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.):b.sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus,
i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15:flammarum iras,
Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335:multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191:res undique conlectae,
id. ib. 3, 24, 92:quaedam conlecta edere,
Quint. 5, 10, 120:sparsa argumenta,
id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. [p. 367] Gram. 10:omnes rumorum et contionum ventos,
Cic. Clu. 28, 77:rumorem bonum,
id. Leg. 1, 19, 50:peccata consulum,
id. ib. 3, 10, 23:vestigia Pythagoreorum,
id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3:existimationem multo sudore,
id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:benevolentiam civium blanditiis,
id. Lael. 17, 61:magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1:auctoritatem,
Caes. B. G. 6, 12:famam clementiae,
Liv. 21, 48, 10:tantum amoris favorisque,
Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9:invidiam crudelitatis ex eo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:crimina majestatis,
Plin. Pan. 33 fin.:sitim,
Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.:adducere sitim,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 13):frigus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13:rabiem,
Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212:odium,
id. ib. 3, 258:usum patiendi,
id. Am. 1, 8, 75:vires usu,
id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.—Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose):B.ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit,
id. 36, 12, 17, § 77:ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV.,
id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.—Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one ' s self, to compose one ' s self, to recover one ' s courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.):C.quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere?
Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14:se colligere,
to rally, id. B.G. 5, 17:se ex timore,
id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50:animos,
Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13:animum,
Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48:animum cogitationemque,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14:mentem,
Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.:mentem cum vultu,
id. Am. 1, 14, 55:paulatim mente collectā,
Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.:colligere spiritum,
to take breath, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider:b.cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo,
Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc.,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4:levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.:sic collige mecum,
id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq.,To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex:1.ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear,
Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per:aliquid per aliud,
Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.:quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt,
Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde:paucitatem inde hostium colligentes,
Liv. 7, 37, 9:bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata,
Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc.,
Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence,collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus):2.tanto beatior, quanto collectior,
App. Mag. 21, p. 287:corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora),
Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795:tempus collectius,
Tert. Monog. 14.— Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly:ponere aliquod verbum,
Non. p. 164, 1.—collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.2.col-lĭgo ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bind, tie, or fasten together, to connect, bind, tie up (in good prose).I.Prop.:II.omne colligatum solvi potest,
Cic. Univ. 11, 35:corpora colligata vinculis naturalibus,
id. ib.; cf. id. ib. 5, 13: vasa (of warlike implements; cf. the preced. art., I. A. 1. fin.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 16:manus,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25, and the common expression in the formula: i, lictor, colliga manus, tie the prisoner ' s hands, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 8: conligavit eum miseris modis, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 33:pluribus scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,
fastened to one another, Caes. B. G. 1, 25:solum herbis colligatum,
thickly overgrown, Col. 2, 17, 5:bitumen vulnera colligat,
Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181; cf.: colligatis vulneribus, * Suet. Tib. 61.—Trop.A.In gen., to unite, combine, connect (rare except in Cic.):B.homines inter se sermonis vinclo,
Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:officiorum genera inter se colligata atque implicata sunt,
id. Off. 1, 5, 15; cf.:(res) omnes inter se aptae colligataeque,
id. N. D. 1, 4, 9:sententias verbis,
to join together rhetorically, id. Or. 50, 168:annorum septingentorum memoriam uno libro,
to comprehend, comprise, id. ib. 34, 120.—With the access. idea of preventing free motion, to restrain, check, stop, hinder:impetum furentis (Antonii),
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4:Brutum in Graeciā,
i. e. to command that he remain there for protection, id. ib. 11, 11, 26:se cum multis,
id. Fam. 9, 17, 2.—Hence, collĭgātē, adv., connectedly, jointly:colligatius adhaerere alicui,
Aug. Doct. Christ. 1, 28. -
10 conligo
1.col-lĭgo ( conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3, v.a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.),I.Prop.A.In gen.1.Of things:2.omnia praesegmina,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34:stipulam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28:radices palmarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:apes in vas,
Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37:ossa,
Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf.reliquias,
Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3:materiem nostram Post obitum,
Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793):sparsos per colla capillos in nodum,
Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person:immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 338; so,sinus fluentes,
Verg. A. 1, 320:flores,
Ov. M. 5, 399:riguo horto olus,
id. ib. 8, 646:de purpureis vitibus uvas,
id. ib. 8, 676:fructus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19:sarmenta virgultaque,
Caes. B. G. 3, 18:serpentes,
Nep. Hann. 10, 4:naufragium,
Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3:pecuniam,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47:viatica,
id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.:stipem a tyrannis,
to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9:aër umorem colligens,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:imbres,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.:pluvias aquas,
Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5. 14, 31:ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus,
Lucr. 6, 558:procellam,
id. 6, 124:spiritum,
Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53:flatus cornibus,
Sil. 14, 390:collectae ex alto nubes,
heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324:pulvis collectus turbine,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.:pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat,
i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4:luna revertentes colligit ignes,
Verg. G. 1, 427:antiqua verba et figuras,
Suet. Gram. 10:equos,
to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so,gressum,
Sil. 6, 399:gradum,
id. 7, 695; so,fig. iram,
id. 9, 477;and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere,
Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21:librum,
to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur,
id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one ' s luggage for a journey:annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1:arma = remos,
i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:B.exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis,
Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 8:milites,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:reliquos ex fugā,
Nep. Hann. 6 fin.:manu collectā in Thraciam introiit,
id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37:de pagis omnibus bonos viros,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect:in moenia,
Sil. 10, 390:ex regno alicujus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected:in aestuaria ac paludes,
Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.):b.in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.:cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere,
Liv. 2, 50, 7:alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,
Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.:apicem collectus in unum,
Ov. M. 13, 910:pedes,
to compress, Tib. 1, 8, 14:volumina collecta in artum,
Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. sustaleis en aspidi, ep aspidos); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129:pallium,
to gather up, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9:togam,
Mart. 7, 33, 4:12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes,
causes them to retreat, Sil. 10, 3.—Hence,Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.—II.Trop.A.To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.):b.sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus,
i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15:flammarum iras,
Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335:multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191:res undique conlectae,
id. ib. 3, 24, 92:quaedam conlecta edere,
Quint. 5, 10, 120:sparsa argumenta,
id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. [p. 367] Gram. 10:omnes rumorum et contionum ventos,
Cic. Clu. 28, 77:rumorem bonum,
id. Leg. 1, 19, 50:peccata consulum,
id. ib. 3, 10, 23:vestigia Pythagoreorum,
id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3:existimationem multo sudore,
id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:benevolentiam civium blanditiis,
id. Lael. 17, 61:magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1:auctoritatem,
Caes. B. G. 6, 12:famam clementiae,
Liv. 21, 48, 10:tantum amoris favorisque,
Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9:invidiam crudelitatis ex eo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:crimina majestatis,
Plin. Pan. 33 fin.:sitim,
Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.:adducere sitim,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 13):frigus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13:rabiem,
Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212:odium,
id. ib. 3, 258:usum patiendi,
id. Am. 1, 8, 75:vires usu,
id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.—Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose):B.ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit,
id. 36, 12, 17, § 77:ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV.,
id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.—Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one ' s self, to compose one ' s self, to recover one ' s courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.):C.quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere?
Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14:se colligere,
to rally, id. B.G. 5, 17:se ex timore,
id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50:animos,
Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13:animum,
Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48:animum cogitationemque,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14:mentem,
Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.:mentem cum vultu,
id. Am. 1, 14, 55:paulatim mente collectā,
Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.:colligere spiritum,
to take breath, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider:b.cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo,
Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc.,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4:levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.:sic collige mecum,
id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq.,To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex:1.ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear,
Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per:aliquid per aliud,
Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.:quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt,
Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde:paucitatem inde hostium colligentes,
Liv. 7, 37, 9:bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata,
Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc.,
Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence,collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus):2.tanto beatior, quanto collectior,
App. Mag. 21, p. 287:corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora),
Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795:tempus collectius,
Tert. Monog. 14.— Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly:ponere aliquod verbum,
Non. p. 164, 1.—collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.2.col-lĭgo ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bind, tie, or fasten together, to connect, bind, tie up (in good prose).I.Prop.:II.omne colligatum solvi potest,
Cic. Univ. 11, 35:corpora colligata vinculis naturalibus,
id. ib.; cf. id. ib. 5, 13: vasa (of warlike implements; cf. the preced. art., I. A. 1. fin.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 16:manus,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25, and the common expression in the formula: i, lictor, colliga manus, tie the prisoner ' s hands, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 8: conligavit eum miseris modis, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 33:pluribus scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,
fastened to one another, Caes. B. G. 1, 25:solum herbis colligatum,
thickly overgrown, Col. 2, 17, 5:bitumen vulnera colligat,
Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181; cf.: colligatis vulneribus, * Suet. Tib. 61.—Trop.A.In gen., to unite, combine, connect (rare except in Cic.):B.homines inter se sermonis vinclo,
Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:officiorum genera inter se colligata atque implicata sunt,
id. Off. 1, 5, 15; cf.:(res) omnes inter se aptae colligataeque,
id. N. D. 1, 4, 9:sententias verbis,
to join together rhetorically, id. Or. 50, 168:annorum septingentorum memoriam uno libro,
to comprehend, comprise, id. ib. 34, 120.—With the access. idea of preventing free motion, to restrain, check, stop, hinder:impetum furentis (Antonii),
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4:Brutum in Graeciā,
i. e. to command that he remain there for protection, id. ib. 11, 11, 26:se cum multis,
id. Fam. 9, 17, 2.—Hence, collĭgātē, adv., connectedly, jointly:colligatius adhaerere alicui,
Aug. Doct. Christ. 1, 28.
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