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
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..."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..."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..."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..."