I.to make into a ball, to make round or spherical (postAug. and perh. only pass. and mid.).
I. Lit.: “dependentes ubique guttae parvis globantur orbibus,” Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163; 18, 13, 34, § 130: “formam mundi in speciem orbis absoluti globatam esse,” id. 2, 2, 2, § 5.—
II. Transf., to form into a body or crowd, to crowd together: “si ante exortum solis nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt,” Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344; 11, 17, 17, § 53; cf.: “coturnices globatae vehementius properant,” Sol. 11 med.
