ăd-haerĕo — Lewis & Short
ăd-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n.,
I to cleave or stick to a thing.
I Lit., of iron adhering to a magnet:
unus ubi ex uno dependet, subter adhaerens,Lucr. 6, 914; cf. id. 3, 557: tota adhaerens (lingua) crocodilis, cleaving to his palate, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 171.—With in and abl.:
tela in tuis visceribus,Cic. Vatin. 5, 13; so Ov. M. 4, 693.—With acc.:
cratera et corvus adhaeret,Cic. Arat. 541 (so Tert.: humerum, de Pall. 5).—With abl.:
fronte cuspis,Ov. M. 5, 38.—With dat., poet.:
tonsis (ovibus) illotus sudor,Verg. G. 3, 443:
veteri craterae limus adhaesit,Hor. Sat. 2, 4, 80;
and in later prose: navis ancoris,is fastened to them, Tac. A. 2, 23:
stativis castris,id. ib. 3, 21; and:
jumento,to stick to, Gell. 20, 1.—
II Fig.
A In gen., to cling to, adhere to:
adhaesit homini ad intimum ventrem fames,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 83;
and of fawning adherence to one,id. As. 1, 3, 59:
cui canis ex vero dictum cognomen adhaeret,adheres, Hor. S. 2, 2, 56:
nulli fortunae adhaerebat animus, i. e. inconstans fuit,Liv. 41, 20:
obsidioni fortiter adhaerentes,Amm. 19, 3.—
B Adhaerere alicui, to be close to a person or thing, to be near, to hang on, keep close to, etc. (mostly post-Cic., esp. in the histt.):
vineis modica silva adhaerebat,was close to it, adjoined it, Tac. H. 2, 25; so Amm. 18, 2.—Of persons: procul abesse Romanos: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, i. e. he (the King of Macedon) hangs on them, threatens them by his nearness, Liv. 39, 25:
nec umquam non adhaerentes,and never departing from his side, Suet. Galb. 14:
comitem perpetuo alicui adhaerere,Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 51:
tempus adhaerens,the time in hand, just the present time, Quint. 5, 10, 46:
obvio quoque adhaerente,while each one adhered to him, Suet. Oth. 6;
and so trop.: adhaeret altissimis invidia,Vell. 1, 9.—
C To hang on a thing, i. e. to trail or drag after, to be the last, sarcastically in Cic.: tenesne memoriā te extremum adhaesisse? hung on the end, i. e. extremo loco quaestorem esse factum, Vat. 5 (cf. haerere, Liv. 5, 2 fin., and Gron. ad h. l.);
and without sarcasm,Curt. 10, 5, 19.