glŏmĕro — Lewis & Short
glŏmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.glomus,
I to wind or form into a ball, gather into a round heap, to conglobate, glomerate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I 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.—
B 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.—
II 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.