verb transitive

ăcervo

2nd PP ăcervāre · 3rd PP ăcervāvi · 4th PP ātum · conj. 1st

to form a heap; to heap; pile up

to form a heap, to heap or pile up, to amass (rare, not in Cic.; per. not before the Aug. period).

they gather; collect together •

Prop.: jam pigritiā singulos sepeliendi promiscue acervatos cumulos hominum urebant, Liv. 5, 48, 3: aggerem, Sen. Here. Fur. 1216: panicum praedensis acervatur granis, Plin. 18, 7, 10: acervantur muricum modo, they gather or collect together, id. 32, 9, 31.—

to accumulate; to multiply figuratively •

Trop., to accumulate, to multiply: leges, Liv. 3, 34; Quint. 9, 3, 47; Plin. 26, 4, 10, § 21; 36, 15, 24, § 101 al.

Perseus ID: n453 Key: acervo