(v. a.P. a.) : con-fercĭo, no
* Perf., fertum, 4, v. a.farcio, to stuff or cram together, to press close together (in verb. finit. very rare; in part. perf. and P. a. class.).
* Verb. finit.: ventus cum confercit, franguntur montes nimborum,Lucr. 6, 158: se (apes),Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35: myrrham in follis,Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68.
* Part. perf.: viā sibi inter confertas naves factā,Liv. 37, 11, 13: quo magis astu Confertos ita acervatim mors accumulabat,Lucr. 6, 1263; cf.: agrestem in arta tecta,Liv. 3, 6, 3.—Hence, confer-tus, a, um, P. a.; lit., pressed together; hence
* Pressed close, crowded, thick, dense (opp. rarus): caeruleum spumat sale confertā rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Prisc. 5, p. 659 P. (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.): tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plures simul conferti,Liv. 29, 34, 12: in confertā multitudine, * Suet. Tib. 2: agmen,Verg. G. 3, 369 (conjunctum, Serv.): moles,Tac. A. 4, 62.—Esp.
* In milit. lang., of the close, compact order of battle: ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur,Caes. B. G. 5, 16: acies, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Liv. 10, 29, 6; 42, 59, 5; Tac. A. 6, 35; 14, 36; Verg. A. 2, 347.— Comp., Liv. 9, 27, 9.—Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 2, 23: hostes,Sall. C. 60, 7: turba,Liv. 2, 12, 6; Sall. J. 98, 1: turmatim et quam maxume confertis equis Mauros invadunt,id. ib. 101, 4: conferto gradu inrupere,Tac. A. 12, 35.
* With abl., stuffed, filled full, full: ingenti turbā conferta deorum templa,Liv. 45, 2, 7.—Trop.: otiosa vita, plena et conferta voluptatibus,Cic. Sest. 10, 23; so id. Tusc. 3, 19, 44; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64: cibo,id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; * Quint. 5, 14, 27: legio conferta maniplis,Sil. 7, 390.—* Adv.: confertē, in acc. with A. 2. (for the more usual confertim, q. v.), in a compact body; only comp.: confertius resistentes,Amm. 24, 7, 7.

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