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acervus
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ăcervus (noun M) : v. 2. acer
* A multitude of objects of the same kind, rising in a heap.
* Prop.
* A heap considered as a body: frumenti,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 55; cf. id. Cas. 1, 1, 38; Att. ap. Non. 192, 3: altus,Lucr. 3, 198; 1, 775: ut acervus ex sui generis granis, sic beata vita ex sui similibus partibus effici debeat,Cic. Tusc. 5, 15: acervi corporum,id. Cat. 3, 10: pecuniae,id. Agr. 2, 22: tritici,id. Ac. 2, 29: farris,Verg. G. 1, 185; thus Ovid calls Chaos: caecus acervus, M. 1, 24.
* Fig.
* In gen., a multitude: facinorum,Cic. Sull. 27: officiorum negotiorumque,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 27: praeceptorum, Ov. Rem. Am. 424 al.
* Esp., in dialectics, t. t., a sophism formed by accumulation, Gr. σωρείτης, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 47; cf. acervalis.
* A multitude of objects of the same kind, rising in a heap.
* Prop.
* A heap considered as a body: frumenti,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 55; cf. id. Cas. 1, 1, 38; Att. ap. Non. 192, 3: altus,Lucr. 3, 198; 1, 775: ut acervus ex sui generis granis, sic beata vita ex sui similibus partibus effici debeat,Cic. Tusc. 5, 15: acervi corporum,id. Cat. 3, 10: pecuniae,id. Agr. 2, 22: tritici,id. Ac. 2, 29: farris,Verg. G. 1, 185; thus Ovid calls Chaos: caecus acervus, M. 1, 24.
* Fig.
* In gen., a multitude: facinorum,Cic. Sull. 27: officiorum negotiorumque,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 27: praeceptorum, Ov. Rem. Am. 424 al.
* Esp., in dialectics, t. t., a sophism formed by accumulation, Gr. σωρείτης, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 47; cf. acervalis.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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