(v. a.adv.P. a.adv.) : cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum (COGVIT = cogit, Inscr Marin Fratr Arv. p. 170), 3, v. a. contr. from co-ago
* To drive together to one point, to collect, compress, crowd, bring, or urge together, to assemble, gather together (class. and very freq.; syn.: colligo, congrego)
* Lit.
* In gen. (constr. as a verb of motion with in and acc., or with adv. of direction): cogantur (oves) intro,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 15; Verg. E. 3, 98; cf. pecus,id. ib. 3, 20: oves stabulis,id. ib. 6, 85: nubes in unum locum,Lucr. 6, 274; cf. id. 6, 464; 6, 734: oleam,to collect,Cato, R. R. 64, 1; 65, 2; 144, 1.—So of the collecting together of fruits, also in Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; Col. 11, 2, 70; 12, 3, 9: talenta ad quindecim Coëgi,received, collected,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94 Ruhnk.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 120; id. Att. 6, 2, 8; id. Rab. Post. 11, 30: Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam undique coëgit,Caes. B. G. 1, 4; cf.: multitudinem hominum ex agris, id. ib: concilium,id. ib. 7, 77; Verg. A. 11, 304: concilium Hypatam,Liv. 36, 26, 1: bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—So of the collecting of troops ( = contrahere), Caes. B. C. 1, 15 fin.; cf. Sall. J. 95, 1: copias in unum locum,Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 6, 10 al.: exercitum in unum,Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2: multitudinem in unum,Sall. J. 80, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 4: in classem,Liv. 36, 3, 5: milites in provinciam,id. 43, 15, 7: exercitum Dyrrhachium,Sall. H. 1, 31 Gerl.: ad militiam aliquos,id. J. 85, 3: acies in proelia,Verg. A. 9, 463: auxilia undique,id. ib. 8, 7.—And of the calling together of a senate: quam cito senatum illo die coëgerim,Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3; Liv. 3, 39, 6 al.: dum senatus cogeretur,Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7: coguntur senatores non pignoribus, sed gratiā,id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; Liv. 1, 48, 3 al.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—And of a single senator: cur in senatum hesterno die tam acerbe cogerer?Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 11 sq.: ex duabus syllabis in unam cogentes,contracting, combining,Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt: quod ex omnibus partibus cogitur,id. 5, 14, 9.
* Trop.
* Of liquids, to thicken, condense, curdle, coagulate: mella frigore (opp. calore remittere),Verg. G. 4, 36: lac in duritiam,Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126; cf. Ov. M. 8, 666: fel sole,Plin. 29, 6, 37, § 116: liquorem in nivem,id. 2, 39, 39, § 105; 2, 42, 42, § 111.—Similarly: coacta alvus,hard foeces,Cels. 2, 8; 2, 3 al.; so, vestis coacta,fulled,Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 192.
* Of places, to draw together or contract into a narrow place: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 400: saltus in arctas coactus fauces,Liv. 22, 15, 11.
* Agmen, milit. t. t., to bring up the rear (cf. claudo, I. B. 2.), Liv. 34, 28, 7; 44, 4, 12; 35, 27, 15; 42, 64, 5; 42, 10, 8; Curt. 3, 3, 25 al.
* In gen.: hac re in angustum oppido nunc meae coguntur copiae (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.),Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2: me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,have confined, restricted,Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 6: in eam desperationem, ut,Suet. Caes. 20: verba in alternos pedes,i. e. to write in elegiac verse,Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 10.—More freq.
* Esp. with acc., inf., ut, ad, in or absol., to urge one to any action, to force, compel, constrain (syn.: impello, compello, adigo).
* With acc.: coactus legibus Eam uxorem ducet,Ter. And. 4, 4, 41; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 44; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 36: vis cogendae militiae,Liv. 4, 26, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.
* With inf: omnia vertere,Lucr. 5, 831; id. 5, 1167; 6, 837: mori me,Verg. E. 2, 7: plerasque ad officium redire,Nep. Milt. 7, 1; Liv. 38, 13, 2: neque cogi pugnare poterat,id. 45, 41, 4 et saep.
* With double acc.: cogere aliquem aliquid, or cogi aliquid,Quint. 11, 1, 22: quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate impetret,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 44: quod sua quemque mala cogebant,Liv. 3, 7, 8; 6, 15, 13; 23, 10, 6: cogi aliquid pro potestate ab tribuno,to be extorted,id. 4, 26, 10: quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!Verg. A. 3, 56.
* With acc. of the thing: ne ad id, quod natura cogeret, ipse quoque sibi acceleraret,Nep. Att. 22, 2: quod cogere se putat posse, rogare non sustinet,Vell. 2, 81, 1: adulterium,Ov. A. A. 2, 367.
* Sometimes as philos. t. t. = colligo, concludo, to infer, conclude: ex quibus id quod volumus efficitur et cogitur,Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 33; so id. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 7, 4.
* Cogere agmen, to be the last (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.; v. I. B. 3. supra): ut nec duces simus, nec agmen cogamus,Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1; cf.: sic ordinandus est dies omnis, ut tamquam cogat agmen,Sen. Ep. 12, 8.—Hence
* Coactum, i, P. a. subst., a thick, fulled covering, a mattress (cf. coactilis), Caes. B. C. 3, 44 fin.
* Coactus, a, um, P. a., forced, constrained, unnatural: quod absurdum et nimis coactum foret,Gell. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. 16, 14, 3: lacrimae,Verg. A. 2, 196; Ov. M. 6, 628.
* Coactē, adv. (prop. in a contracted manner; hence)
* Shortly, quickly: coactius quid factum et festinantius,Gell. 10, 11, 8.
* Accurately, strictly: coactius interpretari verbum,Gell. 19, 2.
* In a forced, constrained manner, Tert. Bapt. 12; id. Anim. 42 al.

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