congestus, congestus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
action of bringing together/assembling/heaping; heap/pile/mass; big collection;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | congestus | congestus |
| Gen. | congestus | congestuum |
| Dat. | congestui | congestibus |
| Acc. | congestum | congestus |
| Voc. | congestus | congestus |
| Abl. | congestu | congestibus |
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...regione diei. est quoque uti possit magnus congestus harenae fluctibus adversis oppilare ostia contra, cum mare permotum ventis..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...exitu prohibitus resistit et quacumque mox potuit ui congestus erumpit. Euthymenes Massiliensis testimonium dicit: "Nauigaui, inquit, Atlanticum mare..." - L
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...disponendi libelli; tantus rerum ex orbe toto coeuntium congestus, ut possit per ordinem suum principis maximi animo subici..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Tonantis: nunc Thessalicam Pelion Ossam premet et Pindo congestus Athos nemus aetheriis inseret astris; uincet scopulos inde Typhoeus..."