denso, āvi, ātum, 1, and (less freq.) denseo, no
* Perf., ētum, 2 (cf. Prisc. p. 837 P.; Charis. p. 233 ib. The MSS. often confound the two forms; densare appears to be critically certain in Liv. and Quint.; densere act. only denset, Verg. A. 11, 650; imp. densete, id. ib. 12, 264: densebant,Lucr. 5, 491: denserent,Tac. A. 2, 14; also active forms, Apul. Mund. p. 61, 13; Prud. Cath. 5, 53 al.; Sil. 4, 159; gerund, densendo,Lucr. 6, 482; pass. inf. parag. denserier, id. 1, 395; 647: densetur,Ov. M. 14, 369 al.: densentur,Hor. Od. 1, 28, 19; Verg. A. 7, 794, and other forms in Verg.; cf. Wagner,Verg. G. 1, 248.—See also addenso and condenso), v. a., to make thick, to press together, thicken (not in Cic. and Caes.).
* Lit.: Juppiter uvidus austris Densat, erant quae rara modo, et, quae densa, relaxat,Verg. G. 1, 419 (paraphrased: densatus et laxatus aer,Quint. 5, 9, 16); cf.: rarum pectine denset opus,Ov. F. 3, 820; Lucr. 1, 395: ignem,id. 1, 647; 656: omnia,id. 1, 662: agmina,Verg. A. 7, 794; cf. catervas,id. ib. 12, 264: ordines,Liv. 33, 8 fin.: scutis super capita densatis,Liv. 44, 9: funera, * Hor. Od. 1, 28, 19: glomerata corpus in unum densatur,Ov. M. 13, 605; cf.: (nubes) largos in imbres,Luc. 4, 76; Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: obtenta densantur nocte tenebrae,Verg. G. 1, 246; cf. Ov. M. 14, 369: hastilia,i. e. hurls thickly,Verg. A. 11, 650; cf. ictus,Tac. A. 2, 14: super acervum petrarum radices ejus densabuntur,Vulg. Job 8, 17.—Absol.: (aestus) quasi densendo subtexit caerula nimbis,Lucr. 6, 482.
* Trop. of speech, to condense: instandum quibusdam in partibus et densanda oratio,Quint. 11, 3, 164: figuras,id. 9, 3, 101.

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