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glomero

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Latin

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Etymology

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From glomus, glomeris (a roughly spherical mass) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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glomerō (present infinitive glomerāre, perfect active glomerāvī, supine glomerātum); first conjugation

  1. to glomerate, make into a ball, pile in a heap
    Synonym: glŏbō
  2. to gather, assemble in a group, group
    Synonyms: compellō, conveho, cōnstruō, cōnferō, contraho, cōgō, congerō, concitō, concieō, reficiō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.499–500:
      exercet Dīāna chorōs, quam mīlle secūtae
      hinc atque hinc glomerantur Orēadēs
      Diana leads her dancers, with whom are gathered a thousand mountain-nymphs following her left and right.
      (See: Diana (mythology); Oread.)

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References

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  • glomero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • glomero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • glomero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.