(v. n.P. a.adv.P. a.) : cŏ-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n.
* To cling together, to be united, either of that whose parts cling together, to cohere, or of that which cleaves to something else, to adhere.
* Of a whole as composed of parts, or of the parts of a whole, to cling together, be united, to cohere, press or crowd together.
* Lit.
* To cling closely to something else, to adhere, be connected with, cleave to, be in contact with, etc.
* Trop.
* Of persons united by kindred, friendship, etc., to be near, close, united: turpes ac perniciosos, etiamsi nobis sanguine cohaereant, amputandos,Quint. 8, 3, 75: est enim mihi perjucundum quod viri optimi mihique amicissimi adeo cohaesistis ut invicem vos obligari putetis,Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 1.
* Of things.
* In discourse, to belong together, be closely connected: quae... si suis quaeque temporibus reddere voluero, interrumpendae sunt res Asiae, quas... sicut inter se cohaerent, ita opere ipso conjungi aptius videri potest,Curt. 5, 1, 2.
* Pregn., to hold together, i.e. remain, exist, maintain itself: omnibus modis fulciendi sunt, qui ruunt nec cohaerere possunt propter magnitudinem aegritudinis,Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61: virtutes sine vitā beatā cohaerere non possunt, nec sine virtute vita beata,id. ib. 5, 28, 80: vix haec, si undique fulciamus, jam labefacta... nixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt,id. Har. Resp. 27, 60.
* Lit.
* With dat.: temptanti dextera flxa est Cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, lignoque cohaesit,Ov. M. 5, 125; 11, 76: nec equo mea membra cohaerent,id. Am. 1, 4, 9: scopuloque affixa cohaesit,id. M. 4, 553: fructus quamdiu solo cohaerent,Dig. 47, 2, 63: superficies... quae natura solo cohaeret,ib. 44, 7, 44, § 1 fin.: quippe turris... muris hostium propemodum cohaerebat,Curt. 4, 4, 11: experimentum marmorati est in subigendo donec rutro non cohaereat,Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177: qui cohaerent Mesopotamiae Rhoali vocantur,adjoin,id. 5, 24, 21, § 87.
* Trop., to be closely connected with, in agreement or harmony with something else, to be consistent with: quod illa, quae prima dicuntur, si vehementer velis congruere et cohaerere cum causā, ex eis ducas oportet, quae post dicenda sunt,Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19: si continget, etiam (id quod fingemus) verae alicui rei cohaereat,Quint. 4, 2, 89: ut non tamquam citharoedi prooemium adfictum aliquid, sed cohaerens cum omni corpore membrum videatur,Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325: creditis tot gentes... non sacris, non moribus, non commercio linguae nobiscum cohaerentes, eodem proelio domitas esse, etc.,Curt. 6, 3, 8: potentia male cohaerens inter Pompeium et Caesarem,Vell. 2, 47, 2.
* With in and abl.: cohaerentis videmus in conchis (margaritas), etc.,Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.
* Absol.: jamque ea (navis) quae non cohaerebat,i.e. which did not collide,Curt. 4, 4, 7.
* To be vitally connected with, to depend upon a thing; with abl.: sed ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis adfirmat, ut iis solutis stare ipsa non possit,Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Hence
* Cŏhae-rens, entis, P. a. (cohering, i.e.), being in accord, corresponding: aptius et cohaerentius,Gell. 1, 1, 6.—*
* Cŏhaerenter, adv., continuously, uninterruptedly: dimicatum est,Flor. 2, 17, 5.
* Cŏhaesus, a, um. P. a., pressed together: quercus stricta denuo et cohaesa,Gell. 15, 16, 4.

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