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I. Neutr., to sigh or groan deeply or loudly, to heave a sigh.
A. Prop. (rare but class.): congemuit senatus frequens, * Cic. Mur. 25, 51; * Suet. Tib. 23.—
B. Transf., poet., of trees cut down: supremum congemuit, * Verg. A. 2, 631.—
II. Act., to deplore, lament, bewail: quid mortem congemis ac fles? * Lucr. 3, 934: “positum feretro congemuere,” Val. Fl. 5, 12.