who preside over generation

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.