I.by heaping up or accumulation, by or in heaps.
I. Prop.: “confertos ita acervatim mors accumulabat,” Lucr. 6, 1263: “stercus aspergi oportere in agro, non acervatim poni,” Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 1; so Col. 9, 13, 4; “acervatim se de vallo praecipitaverunt,” Caes. B. A. 31: “cadere,” Vulg. Sap. 18, 23; cf.: “pulmentis acervatim, panibus aggeratim, poculis agminatim ingestis,” App. M. 4, p. 146 Elm.—
II. Fig.: i. q. summatim, crowded together, briefly, summarily: “acervatim reliqua dicam, Cic, Clu. 10: multa acervatim frequentans,” crowding together many thoughts in one period, id. Or. 25, 85; so Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 69: “hactenus populus Romanus cum singulis gentibus, mox acervatim,” Flor. 1, 17, 1.
