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ăcervo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. acervus,
I.to form a heap, to heap or pile up, to amass (rare, not in Cic.; per. not before the Aug. period).
I. Prop.: “jam pigritiā singulos sepeliendi promiscue acervatos cumulos hominum urebant,” Liv. 5, 48, 3: “aggerem,” Sen. Here. Fur. 1216: “panicum praedensis acervatur granis,” Plin. 18, 7, 10: acervantur muricum modo, they gather or collect together, id. 32, 9, 31.—
II. Trop., to accumulate, to multiply: “leges,” Liv. 3, 34; Quint. 9, 3, 47; Plin. 26, 4, 10, § 21; 36, 15, 24, § 101 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.7
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.21
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 48.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 34
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 1216
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 3.47
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