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cōpŭlo , āvi, ātum, 1 (
I.part. perf., contr. cōplata, Lucr. 6, 1088; dep. collat. form cō-pŭlor , āri, v. I. A. b. infra), v. a. copula, to couple, bind, or tie together, to join, connect, unite (class.; most freq. in Cic.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(α). With cum: “hominem cum beluā,” Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139 fin.: “caput et corpus cum aliquo,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 130. —
(β). With inter se: “inter se quaedam possint coplata teneri,” Lucr. 6, 1088.—
(γ). With dat.: “aurum auro,” Lucr. 6, 1078: “utrimque Armeniae majori Sophene copulatur,” Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41.—
(δ). With ad: “caput animalis ad pedem,” Veg. 3, 49, 2.—（ε) With simple acc.: “diversae insociabilesque arborum naturae copulantur,” Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137; Mart. 12, 43, 8.—
b. In dep. form: “adeunt, consistunt, copulantur dexteras,” Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 38 Wagn. ad loc.; cf. Non. p. 476, 16; 479, 24, and Prisc. p. 797 P., and Ussing ad loc. (others explain dexteras as acc. of the part, or Gr. acc.).—
B. Esp., to confront: “copulati in jus pervenimus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.—
2. Mid., to associate with: “cave siris cum filiā meā copulari hanc,” Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 20.—
II. Trop., to join, connect, unite.
(α). With cum: “sermonem cum aliquo,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42: “futura cum praesentibus,” Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: “honestatem cum voluptate,” id. Ac. 2, 45, 139: “equestrem ordinem cum senatu,” id. Phil. 2, 8, 19: “se cum inimico,” id. Sest. 64, 133.—
(β). With inter se: “ah haec inter se jungi copularique possint?” Cic. de Or. 1, 51. 222.—
(γ). With dat.: “quid naturae copulatum habuit Alcibiadis somnium?” Cic. Div. 2, 69, 143.—
(δ). With acc. only: “libenter copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, etc.,” Cic. Or. 45, 154; cf.: “verba copulata (opp. simplicia),” id. ib. 32, 115: “constructio verborum tum conjunctionibus copuletur, tum dissolutionibus relaxetur,” id. Part. Or. 6, 21; Quint. 2, 4, 30; cf. “id. prooem. § 13: voluntates nostras,” to unite, Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 2; cf. “concordiam,” Liv. 4, 43, 11: “matrimonium,” Just. 1, 10 pr.; Dig. 12, 4, 6 pr.; cf.: “copulari matrimonio,” ib. 24, 1, 32; cf. ib. 1, 9, 8; “and, taedis,” Sen. Herc. Fur. 493.—Hence,
1. cōpŭlātus , a, um, P. a., joined together, united, connected: “nihil est animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: verba, v. supra, II. δ.—* Comp.: “nihil amabilius nec copulatius quam morum similitudo bonorum,” Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56.—‡ Sup., Inscr. de Lyon, p. 477, 3.—Adv.: cōpŭlātē , connectedly (late Lat.): “copulate dictum est (diequinti),” Gell. 10, 24, 1; 17, 7 fin.—
2. cōpŭlātum , i, n., a joint sentence, the Gr. συμπεπλεγμένον, called also conjunctum, Gell. 16, 8, 10.
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 (24):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.4.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.148
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 64.133
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    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1088
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 43.11
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 493
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.14
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.69
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 4.30
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