I.that which is brought together; hence, a heap, pile, mass (not ante-Aug.; while the syn. acervus is prevalent through all periods).
I. Lit.
(α).
With gen.: “lapidum,” Liv. 31, 39, 8: “summa silvae,” Ov. M. 9, 235; cf. “struis,” Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 53; and: “ramorum et fruticum,” id. 8, 36, 54, § 127: “cadaverum,” Val. Fl. 6, 511; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 318: “densa grani,” id. 13, 15, 30, § 97: “armorum,” Tac. A. 2, 22: “vasta metalli,” Claud. in Rufin. 2, 135: “alta sordium,” Gell. 2, 6 fin.: “pulveris exigui,” Luc. 8, 866 sq.—
(β).
Absol.: “dispositam Congeriem secuit,” i. e. chaos, Ov. M. 1, 33; cf. Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 10.—So of a heap of wood, wood-pile, funeral-pile, Ov. M. 14, 576; Quint. 5, 13, 13; Claud. Idyll. 1, 93.—
II. Trop.
