verb transitive

aggĕro

2nd PP aggĕrāre · 3rd PP aggĕrāvi · 4th PP ātum · conj. 1st

(), , agger.

to form an; to heap up like an; to heap up •

Lit., to form an agger, or to heap up like an agger; hence, in gen., to heap up, pile up (cf. cumulare; only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): aggerat cadavera, Verg. G. 3, 556: Laurentis praemia pugnae aggerat, id. A. 11, 79: ossa disjecta vel aggerata, Tac. A. 1, 61; 1, 63.—

by extension

To heap up; to augment; increase •

To heap up, i. e. to augment, increase: incenditque animum dictis atque aggerat iras, Verg. A. 4, 197, and 11, 342: omne promissum, Stat. Th. 2, 198.—

To fill; fill up •

To fill, fill up: spatium, Curt. 4, 2.—

to heap up; around a tree

Aggerare arborem, in gardening, to heap up earth around a tree in order to protect the roots, Col. 11, 2, 46.

Perseus ID: n1545 Key: aggero1