I.a bearing or bringing together, an accumulation (rare; mostly post-Aug.).
I. Prop.
A. In abstr.: herbam asperam credo (exstitisse) avium congestu, non humano satu, * Cic. Div. 2, 32, 68: “copiarum,” Tac. H. 2, 87: “magnarum opum,” Sen. Ben. 2, 27, 3.—
B. In concr., a heap, pile, mass: magnus harenae, * Lucr. 6, 725: culmorum et frondium, * Col. 9, 14, 14: “lapidum,” Tac. H. 1, 84: “multo congestu pulveris,” Luc. 9, 486.—