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con-gĕro , gessi, gestum, 3,
I.v. a., to bear, carry, or bring together, to collect; to prepare, to make, build, heap up, etc. (class. and freq.).
I. Lit.
B. In partic.
1. Of weapons, missiles, etc., to throw in great numbers, accumulate, shower, etc.: “lanceas,Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15: “saxa in caput alicujus,Sen. Oedip. 871: “in ipsum Porum tela,Curt. 8, 14, 38: “congestis telis,Tac. A. 2, 11.—Hence, poet.: “ictus alicui,Val. Fl. 4, 307: “plagas mortuo,Phaedr. 4, 1, 11.—
2. To make, build, construct, etc., by bringing or heaping together: “Echinades insulae ab Acheloo amne congestae,Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201: “aram sepulcri arboribus,Verg. A. 6, 178: “oppida manu,id. G. 1, 256: “pauperis et tuguri congestum caespite culmen,id. E. 1, 69.—So of birds, insects, etc.: “lucifugis congesta cubilia blattis,Verg. G. 4, 243: “nidum,Ser. Samm. 10, 30; and absol. notavi Ipse locum aëriae quo congessere palumbes (sc. nidum), Verg. E. 3, 69; Gell. 2, 29, 5 (cf. the full expression: “in nervom ille hodie nidamenta congeret,Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 51): apes in alvearium congesserant, Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.: “rape, congere, aufer,Mart. 8, 44, 9.—
II. Trop.
A. In discourse, to bring, take, or comprise together, to compile (freq. in Quint.): “operarios omnes,Cic. Brut. 86, 297: “dicta,Quint. 6, 3, 5; cf. id. 4, 5, 7: “argumenta (opp. dissolvere),id. 5, 13, 15: “vana (maledicta),id. 7, 2, 34: “undique nomina plurimorum poëtarum,id. 10, 1, 56: “orationem dierum ac noctium studio,id. 12, 6, 5; cf.: “orationem ex diversis,id. 2, 11, 7: “figuras,id. 9, 3, 5: ζωὴ καὶ ψυχή lascivum congeris usque, i. e. you repeat, Mart. 10, 68, 5.—With in: “ut te eripias ex , quam ego congessi in hunc sermonem, turbā patronorum,Cic. Brut. 97, 332; so Quint. 4, 3, 3; 9, 1, 25; 9, 3, 39; 10, 5, 23.—
B. To put something upon one in a hostile or friendly manner, to accumulate, heap upon, to impart, ascribe to, to impute, attribute to; constr. class. with ad or in; post-Aug. also with dat. pers.: ad quem di atque homines omnia ornamenta congessissent, Cic. Deiot. 4, 12: “ne plus aequo quid in amicitiam congeratur,id. Lael. 16, 58: “ingentia beneficia in aliquem,Liv. 42, 11, 2; 30, 1, 4: “congerere juveni consulatus, triumphos,Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.; cf.: “ambitiosae majestati quicquid potuimus titulorum congessimus,Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Aug. 98: “mortuo laudes congessit,id. Tit. 11: “mala alicui,Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 2: μέλι μου, ψυχή μου congeris usque, Mart. 10, 68, 5: “spes omnis in unum Te mea congesta est,Ov. M. 8, 113: “in unum omnia,Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117; cf.: iis nihil, quo expleri possit eorum meritum, tributurum populum Romanum, si omnia simul congesserit, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 7.—Esp., of crimes, etc.: “maledicta in aliquem,Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15; cf.: “congestis probris,Suet. Tib. 54: “quae (crimina) postea sunt in eum congesta,Cic. Mil. 24, 64: “causas alicujus rei in aliquem,Liv. 3, 38, 7.— Hence, *congestus , a, um, P. a., lit. brought together; hence, in pregn. signif., pressed together, thick: “gobio congestior alvo,Aus. Mos. 132.—* Adv.: congestē , briefly, summarily: “haec breviter et congeste,Capitol. Marc. Aur. 19 fin.
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