cŭmŭlus (noun M) : Sanscr. çva, to swell; Gr. κυέω, κύω; cf. κῦμα
* A heap, as coming to a point, a pile, a mass piled up (class.; esp. freq. in the signif. II.): in hoc immenso aliarum super alias acervatarum legum cumulo,Liv. 3, 34, 6; cf.: hostium coacervatorum,id. 22, 7, 5; 5, 48, 3: corpus obrutum superstratis Gallorum cumulis,id. 9, 29, 19; and: armorum cumulos coacervare id. 5, 39, 1: caesorum corporum,id. 22, 59, 3: saxei,Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111: eminens (aquae in poculis),id. 2, 65, 65, § 163: aquarum,Ov. M. 15, 508: pulveris,id. ib. 14, 137: harenae,Verg. G. 1, 105: insequitur cumulo praeruptus aquae mons. follows with its mass, id. A. 1, 105; cf. id. ib. 2, 498.
* A heap added to an accumulated mass or to a full measure (cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. auctarium, p. 14, 17 Müll.), a surplus, overplus, accession, addition, increase; a summit, point, crown, etc., Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 26: ut ad illam praedam damnatio Sex. Roscii velut cumulus accedat, id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; cf.: ad summam laetitiam meam magnus ex illius adventu cumulus accedet,id. Att. 4, 19 (18): cumulus commendationis tuae,id. ib. 16, 3, 3; and: cui gloriae amplior adhuc cumulus accessit,Suet. Tib. 17: accesserint in cumulum manubiae vestrorum imperatorum,as an addition,Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62: aliquem cumulum artibus adferre,id. de Or. 3, 35, 143: magnum beneficium tuum magno cumulo auxeris,id. Fam. 13, 62 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 11, 206: Otho pontificatus honoratis jam senibus cumulum dignitatis addidit,Tac. H. 1, 77: mille equites, cumulus prosperis aut subsidium laborantibus, ducerentur,id. ib. 2, 24 fin.: pro mercedis cumulo,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Ov. M. 14, 472.
* In rhet.: peroratio, quam cumulum quidam, alii conclusionem vocant,Quint. 6, 1, 1; cf. id. 7, prooem. § 1; 8, 3, 88.

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