I.adj., very dense, close, thick (mostly poet.; most freq. in Lucr.; “not in Cic.): condensa contextaque magis (corpora),” Lucr. 4, 57: “condensa atque arta nubila,” id. 6, 466; cf. id. 6, 102: “conciliatu,” id. 1, 575; 2, 100: “agmine,” id. 1, 606: “acies,” Liv. 26, 5, 13: “puppes litore,” Verg. A. 8, 497: “columbae,” id. ib. 2, 516: “arbor,” Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202; cf.: “vallis arboribus,” thickly covered, Liv. 25, 39, 1: “condensi ruunt,” Sil. 14, 639: “arma,” id. 1, 365.
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