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con-jungo , nxi, nctum, 3,
I.v. a., to bind together, connect, join, unite (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or the acc. only; trop. also with ad.
I. Lit.
(β). With inter se, Lucr. 3, 559; cf. id. 3, 137.—
(δ). With the acc. only: “boves,” i. e. to yoke together, Cato, R. R. 138; cf.: “bis binos (equos),Lucr. 5, 1299: “calamost plures ceră,Verg. E. 2, 32: “dextras,id. A. 1, 514: “nostras manus,Tib. 1, 6, 60: “oras (vulneris) suturā,Cels. 7, 4, 3: “medium intervallum ponte,Suet. Calig. 19: “supercilia conjuncta,id. Aug. 79: “verba,Quint. 8, 3, 36.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.
(β). With ad (very rare), Quint. 4, 1, 16.—
B. In partic.
1. To compose, form by uniting: “quod (Epicurus) e duplici genere voluptatis conjunctus est (i. e. Epicuri summum bonum),Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44 Madv. ad loc.—
2. To unite, join in marriage or love: “me tecum,Ov. H. 21, 247: “aliquam secum matrimonio,Curt. 6, 9, 30: “aliquam sibi justo matrimonio,Suet. Ner. 28; cf.: “aliquam sibi,id. Calig. 26: “conjungi Poppaeae,Tac. A. 14, 60; Cat. 64, 335: “conubia Sabinorum (Romulus),to bring about, accomplish, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37.—
A. (Acc. to I.) United, connected; hence, of places, bordering upon, near: “loca, quae Caesaris castris erant conjuncta,Caes. B. C. 1, 64 init.; 2, 25; 3, 112: “Paphlagonia Cappadociae,Nep. Dat. 5, 5: “regio Oceano,Hirt. B. G. 8, 46; 8, 31: “ratis crepidine saxi,Verg. A. 10, 653.—
B. Transf., of time, connected with, following: “quae proelio apud Arbela conjuncta sunt ordiar dicere,Curt. 5, 1, 2.—
C. Trop.
1. In gen., connected with, pertaining to; accordant or agreeing with, conformable to, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., or rar. the abl.: “prudentia cum justitiā,Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; so, “nihil cum virtute,id. ib. 1, 2, 5: “ea, quae sunt quasi conjuncta aut quae quasi pugnantia inter se,id. Part. Or. 2, 7: “verba inter se (opp. simplicia),id. Top. 7; id. de Or. 3, 37, 149; “(opp. singula),Quint. 5, 10, 106; 7, 9, 2; 8, 1, 1: “causae (opp. simplices),id. 3, 6, 94; 3, 10, 1: “justitia intellegentiae,Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34: “praecepta officii naturae,id. ib. 1, 2, 6: “talis simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam liberalitati,id. ib. 1, 14, 44; id. de Or. 2, 81, 331: “libido scelere conjuncta,id. Clu. 5, 12; id. Phil. 5, 7, 20: haec necesse est aut ex praeterito tempore aut ex conjuncto aut ex sequenti petere, i. e. the present, Quint. 5, 8, 5; cf. id. 5, 9, 5; 5, 10, 94; and id. 7, 2, 46: “conjuncta (et conveniens) constantia inter augures,harmonious, accordant, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82.—
b. conjunctum , i, n. subst.
(α). In rhet., connection, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 167; cf. id. ib. 2, 39, 166.—
(β). A joint-sentence, = copulatum, συμπεπλεγμένον, Gell. 16, 8, 10.—
(γ). In the physical lang. of Lucr., the necessary, inherent qualities of bodies (as weight, etc.), in contrast with eventum, merely external condition, Lucr. 1, 449 sq.
2. In partic.
a. Connected by marriage, married: “digno viro,Verg. E. 8, 32: “conservae,Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5.—*
b. Transf., of the vine (cf. conjunx, I. 2.): “vitis ulmo marito,Cat. 62, 54.—Far more freq.,
c. Connected or united by relationship or friendship, allied, kindred, intimate, friendly (freq. in Cic.).
1. In connection, conjointly, at the same time: “conjuncte cum reliquis rebus nostra contexere,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: “conjuncte re verboque risus moveatur,id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: elatum aliquid, i. e. hypothetically (opp. simpliciter, categorically), id. ib. 2, 38, 158; “3, 37, 149: agere,id. Inv. 1, 7, 9.—
2. In a friendly, confidential manner: “conjuncte vivere,Nep. Att. 10, 3; so with vivere in the comp., Cic. Fam. 6, 9, 1; Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 4; and in sup., Cic. Lael. 1, 2.
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