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con-fercĭo , no
I.perf., fertum, 4, v. a. farcio, to stuff or cram together, to press close together (in verb. finit. very rare; in part. perf. and P. a. class.).
(α). Verb. finit.: “ventus cum confercit, franguntur montes nimborum,Lucr. 6, 158: “se (apes),Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35: “myrrham in follis,Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68.—
(β). Part. perf.: “viā sibi inter confertas naves factā,Liv. 37, 11, 13: “quo magis astu Confertos ita acervatim mors accumulabat,Lucr. 6, 1263; cf.: “agrestem in arta tecta,Liv. 3, 6, 3.—Hence, confer-tus , a, um, P. a.; lit., pressed together; hence,
A. Pressed close, crowded, thick, dense (opp. rarus): caeruleum spumat sale confertā rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Prisc. 5, p. 659 P. (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.): “tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125: “plures simul conferti,Liv. 29, 34, 12: in confertā multitudine, * Suet. Tib. 2: “agmen,Verg. G. 3, 369 (conjunctum, Serv.): “moles,Tac. A. 4, 62.—Esp.,
B. With abl., stuffed, filled full, full: “ingenti turbā conferta deorum templa,Liv. 45, 2, 7.—Trop.: “otiosa vita, plena et conferta voluptatibus,Cic. Sest. 10, 23; so id. Tusc. 3, 19, 44; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64: “cibo,id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; * Quint. 5, 14, 27: “legio conferta maniplis,Sil. 7, 390.—* Adv.: confertē , in acc. with A. 2. (for the more usual confertim, q. v.), in a compact body; only comp.: “confertius resistentes,Amm. 24, 7, 7.
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