I.to go, come, or meet with one, esp. with the access. idea of intention, in a friendly or hostile sense (class. in prose and poetry); constr. with cum (contra, etc.), the acc., dat., or absol.
I. In a friendly sense, to visit, accost, address, meet with.
(α).
With cum: “insinuatus in familiaritatem adulescentis et cum eo saepe congressus,” Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2: “luna tum congrediens cum sole, tum digrediens,” id. N. D. 2, 40, 103: “perquirere ubi sit congressus cum servis Caelius,” id. Cael. 22, 53: “qui cum Caesare in itinere congressi ... orabant,” Caes. B. G. 4, 11.—
(γ).
Absol., Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16; id. Curc. 2, 1, 19 al.; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 12; Cic. Pis. 25, 59; id. Att. 8, 15, 3; Sall. J. 109, 2; Nep. Dat. 11, 2: “in eo loco ut congrederentur convenit,” Liv. 32, 39, 16; 38, 25, 6; 35, 15, 2: in Macedoniā congrediemur, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 6, 1: “congressa primordia rerum,” Lucr. 1, 761; 5, 192; 5, 427.—
II. In a hostile sense, to fight, contend, engage. etc. (most freq. in the historians).
(α).
With cum: “cum hostibus,” Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 6: “saepenumero cum his,” Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 1, 40; 7, 65; Nep. Eum. 11, 5; id. Hann. 1, 2; Liv. 21, 16, 3.— *
(γ).
With adversus, Aur. Vict. Epit. 40.—*
(δ).
With inter se, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—(ε) With dat. (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): “infelix puer atque impar congressus Achilli,” Verg. A. 1, 475; Ov. M. 12, 76; Sen. Agam. 747: “quippe armato congredi nudum dementia videbatur,” Curt. 9, 7, 21; Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.— (ζ) Absol.: “locus ad insidias ille, ubi congressi sunt, utri fuerit aptior,” Cic. Mil. 20, 53: “Aedui quoniam armis congressi ac superati essent,” Caes. B. G. 1, 36; so id. ib. fin.; Nep. Dat. 8, 1; id. Ages. 3 fin.; Liv. 7, 22, 4; 8, 24, 9; Tac. A. 2, 11; 12, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 63; Verg. A. 12, 465; Curt. 9, 5, 14: “totis viribus,” id. 6, 1, 10: “in congrediendis hostibus,” Gell. 1, 11, 2 (cf. id. § 9: in congressibus proeliorum).—
B. Transf., of contention in words, specif. of judic. strife (almost confined to Cic. and Quint.): “tecum luctari et congredi,” Cic. Sull. 16, 47; so id. Mur. 32, 67: “cum Academico et eodem rhetore,” id. N. D. 2, 1, 1; Dig. 38, 9, 1 pr.; Cod. 7, 56, 3.—
(β).
With abstract subjects: “quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio,” Cic. Top. 25, 93; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 13: “oratio aequo congressa campo,” id. 12, 9, 2.