congĕrĭes | congĕrĭa, ae (noun F) : (, , Front. Colon. p. 11, 119 and 125 Goes.; Innoc. Cas. Litt. p. 224 ib.), congero
* That which is brought together; hence, a heap, pile, mass (not ante-Aug.; while the syn. acervus is prevalent through all periods).
* Lit.
* With gen.: lapidum,Liv. 31, 39, 8: summa silvae,Ov. M. 9, 235; cf. struis,Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 53; and: ramorum et fruticum,id. 8, 36, 54, § 127: cadaverum,Val. Fl. 6, 511; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 318: densa grani,id. 13, 15, 30, § 97: armorum,Tac. A. 2, 22: vasta metalli,Claud. in Rufin. 2, 135: alta sordium,Gell. 2, 6 fin.: pulveris exigui,Luc. 8, 866 sq.
* Trop.
* In gen.: venit aetas omnis in unam congeriem,Luc. 5, 178: sincera bonorum,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 136.
* In rhet., a figure of speech, accumulation; Gr. συναθροισμός, Quint. 8, 4, 3; 8, 4, 26 sq.

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