con-grĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. a., to collect into a flock or herd, to assemble.
* Prop. (rare; mostly in Pliny the elder): oves,Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188.—Mid.: apium examina congregantur,collect in swarms,Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157; cf. id. N. D. 2, 48, 124: cetera animantia congregari videmus,Plin. 7, prooem. 1. § 5: cum ceteris,id. 8, 22, 34, § 81: in loca certa,id. 10, 23, 31, § 61: se ad amnes (ferae),id. 8, 16, 17, § 42.—More freq. (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic.)
* In gen., to collect or assemble a multitude together, to unite, join, associate.
* Lit.: dissipatos homines,Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.: dispersos homines in unum locum,id. de Or. 1, 8, 33: se unum in locum ad curiam,id. Phil. 14, 6, 15: dissipatos (homines) unum in locum,id. Sest. 42, 91: multitudinem fugitivorum unum in locum,id. Par. 4, 1, 27; Tac. A. 1, 28 fin.: hominem in idem Vettii indicium atque in eundem hunc numerum,Cic. Vatin. 10, 25.—With cum: se cum aequalibus,Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; id. Quint. 16, 52; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21 fin.—With dat.: cum illis moror quibus me tempus aliquod congregavit,Sen. Ep. 62, 2.—Absol.: deterrimum quemque,Tac. A. 1, 16 fin.—Mid.: secedant improbi, unum in locum congregentur,Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32: in fano congregantur commentandi causā,id. Div. 1, 41, 90: in Academiā congregati,id. Ac. 1, 9, 34: armati locis patentibus congregantur,Liv. 24, 21, 9: congregabantur undique ad Titum Tatium,id. 1, 10, 1: quanta vis oriens et congregata,Cic. Dom. 25, 67: Gamphasantes nulli externo congregantur,Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45: ciconiae abiturae congregantur in certo loco,id. 10, 23, 31, § 61: cuncti deinde ad portum congregantur,Just. 19, 2, 10: inter se,Tac. A. 1, 30: in urbe,id. H. 3, 82. —And in tmesis: conque gregantur,Lucr. 6, 456.—Prov.: pares cum paribus facillime congregantur,Cic. Sen. 3, 7.
* Trop. (rare; mostly in Quint.), to collect, accumulate: argumenta infirmiora,Quint. 5, 12, 4: verba,id. 9, 3, 45; cf. turbam (verborum),id. 10, 1, 7; cf. congregatio, II.

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