(v. a.adv.) : glŏmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.glomus
* To wind or form into a ball, gather into a round heap, to conglobate, glomerate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: lanam in orbes,Ov. M. 6, 19: sic terram deus, ne non aequalis ab omni Parte foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis,id. ib. 1, 35; 9, 222: Eae (offae) maxime glomerantur ex ficis et farre mixto,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 4: ubi venae inter se implicatae glomerantur,Cels. 7, 22; so, glomerata viscera,Ov. M. 8, 401: atra favilla volat glomerataque corpus in unum Densatur,id. ib. 13, 604: frusta mero glomerata vomentem,id. ib. 14, 212; cf. Verg. A. 3, 577: cum grandinem venti glomeratam in terras agunt,Liv. 1, 31, 2: glomeratae turbine nives,Sil. 3, 523: glomeratus pulvis,Luc. 6, 296: (Lapithae) equitem docuere sub armis Insultare solo et gressus glomerare superbos, i. e. to make a horse bring his feet together, make him prance (trot or amble), Verg. G. 3, 117; cf. Macr. S. 6, 9, 8 sqq., and v. glomeratio.
* Transf., to gather into a round heap or knot, to collect, press, crowd, assemble together: agmina cervi Pulverulenta fuga glomerant,Verg. A. 4, 155: glomerare manum bello,id. ib. 2, 315: dum se glomerant retroque residunt,id. ib. 9, 539: legiones in testudinem glomerabantur,Tac. H. 3, 31: collecti Troes glomerantur eodem,Verg. A. 9, 689; cf. id. ib. 440: apes mixtae glomerantur in orbem,id. G. 4, 79; Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64: ad terram gurgite ab alto Quam multae glomerantur aves,Verg. A. 6, 311; cf. Plin. 9, 22, 38, § 75: foedam tempestatem,Verg. G. 1, 323; cf.: fumiferam noctem,id. A. 8, 254: semina vocis glomerata,Lucr. 3, 497; cf. ib. 541.
* Trop.: omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus, qs. revolving, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 19: haec vetusta, saeclis glomerata horridis, Luctifica clades nostro infixa est corpori, accumulated, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 25: glomerare simul fas et nefas,Prud. Cath. 3, 134.— Hence, * adv.: glŏmĕrāte: quis oratorum densata glomeratius aut dixit aut cogitavit?more succinctly,Aus. Grat. Act. 29.

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