I.an assembling together; union, society, association (in good prose).
I. Lit.: “nos ad conjunctionem congregationemque hominum et ad naturalem communitatem esse natos,” Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 65; 4, 2, 4; cf. Sen. Ep. 5, 3; Cod. Th. 18, 14, 4 al.—
II. Trop.: “argumentorum (corresp. with colligere),” Quint. 5, 7, 18: “criminum (opp. separatio),” id. 7, 1, 31: rerum (with repetitio, Gr. ἀνακεφαλαίωσις), a recapitulating, id. 6, 1, 1: “personarum, locorum, temporum,” id. 3, 5, 17.