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|lshtext=<b>agger</b>: ĕris, m. ad-[[gero]].<br /><b>I</b> Things brought to a [[place]] in [[order]] to form an [[elevation]] [[above]] a [[surface]] or [[plain]], as [[rubbish]], [[stone]], [[earth]], [[sand]], [[brushwood]], materials for a [[rampart]], etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; [[sometimes]] in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui [[paulo]] longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20: aggere paludem explere, id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86: longius erat [[agger]] petendus, id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.: superjecto aggere terreno, Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37: implere cavernas aggere, Curt. 8, 10, 27: fossas aggere complent, Verg. A. 9, 567: [[avis]] e [[medio]] aggere [[exit]], from the [[midst]] of the [[pile]] of [[wood]], Ov. M. 12, 524.— But [[far]] oftener,<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[pile]] formed by masses of [[rubbish]], [[stone]], [[earth]], [[brushwood]], etc., [[collected]] [[together]]; acc. to its [[destination]], a [[dam]], [[dike]], [[mole]], [[pier]]; a [[hillock]], [[mound]], [[wall]], [[bulwark]], [[rampart]], etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of [[artificial]] elevations for [[military]] purposes: [[tertium]] militare sepimentum est [[fossa]] et [[terreus]] [[agger]], a [[clay]] or [[mud]] [[wall]], Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ([[with]] [[snow]]-drifts) [[informis]] Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354: [[atque]] ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris, id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144: ut cocto tolleret aggere [[opus]], of the walls of [[Babylon]], Prop. 4, 10, 22.—A [[dike]] of [[earth]] for the [[protection]] of a harbor (Ital. [[molo]]), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.—A [[causeway]] [[through]] a [[swamp]]: aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere, Tac. A. 1, 61.—A [[heap]] or [[pile]] of [[arms]]: [[agger]] armorum, Tac. H. 2, 70.—Poet., for mountains: aggeres Alpini, Verg. A. 6, 830; so, Thessalici aggeres, i. e. [[Pelion]], [[Ossa]], [[Olympus]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.—A [[funeral]] [[pile]] of [[wood]], Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.—A [[heap]] of [[ashes]]: ab [[alto]] aggere, Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A [[high]] [[wave]] of the [[sea]]: ab [[alto]] Aggere dejecit pelagi, Luc. 5, 674: consurgit [[ingens]] [[pontus]] in vastum aggerem, Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.: [[mons]] aquae, Verg. A. 1, 105).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In milit. lang.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[mound]] erected [[before]] the walls of a besieged [[city]], for the [[purpose]] of sustaining the battering engines, and [[which]] [[was]] [[gradually]] advanced to the [[town]]; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12: aggere, vineis, turribus [[oppidum]] oppugnare, Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20: esset [[agger]] oppugnandae Italiae [[Graecia]], id. Phil. 10, 9: [[celeriter]] vineis ad [[oppidum]] actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 12: jacere, to [[throw]] up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3: aggerem exstruere, Caes. B. G. 2, 30: instruere, id. ib. 8, 41: promovere ad urbem, to [[bring]] [[near]] to the [[city]], Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, [[poet]].: stellatis axibus [[agger]] Erigitur, geminasque aequantis [[moenia]] turres Accipit, a [[mound]] is built provided [[with]] wheels (for [[moving]] it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since [[such]] aggeres consisted [[principally]] of [[wood]], [[they]] could be [[easily]] [[set]] on [[fire]], Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento [[simul]] aggerem ac vineas [[incendium]] hausit, Liv 5, 7.—Trop.: [[Graecia]] esset vel [[receptaculum]] [[pulso]] Antonio, vel [[agger]] oppugnandae Italiae, [[rampart]], [[mound]], Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the [[mound]] [[raised]] by [[Tarquinius]] Superbus for the [[defence]] of the [[eastern]] [[part]] of the [[city]] of [[Rome]], in the neighborhood of the [[present]] Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses [[agger]] for the [[Tarpeian]] [[rock]]: [[quoad]] praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[mound]] [[raised]] for the [[protection]] of a [[camp]] [[before]] the [[trench]] ([[fossa]]), and from [[earth]] dug from it, [[which]] [[was]] secured by a [[stockade]] ([[vallum]]), consisting of [[sharpened]] stakes (valli); cf. Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore [[sedes]], Castrorum in morem pinnis [[atque]] aggere cingit, Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[tribunal]], in a [[camp]], formed of [[turf]], from [[which]] the [[general]] addressed his soldiers: stetit aggere [[saltus]] Cespitis, [[intrepidus]] [[vultum]] meruitque timeri, Luc. 5, 317: vix eā turre [[senex]], cum [[ductor]] ab aggere coepit, Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 [[Lips]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[military]] or [[public]] [[road]], [[commonly]] graded by embankments of [[earth]] (in the [[class]]. per. [[only]] in Verg. and Tac., and [[always]] in [[connection]] [[with]] viae, [[agger]] [[alone]] belonging [[only]] to [[later]] Lat.): viae deprensus in aggere [[serpens]], Verg. A. 5, 273: [[Aurelius]] [[agger]], i. e. via Aurelia, Rutil. Itiner. 39: aggerem viae [[tres]] praetoriae cohortes obtinuere, Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23.
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|gf=<b>aggĕr</b>,⁹ ĕris, m. ([[adgero]]),<br /><b>1</b> amoncellement de matériaux de toute espèce : fossam aggere explent Cæs. G. 7, 79, 4, ils comblent le fossé d’un amas de matériaux ; aggerem petere Cæs. G. 2, 20, 1 ; comportare Cæs. C. 2, 15, 1, faire venir, transporter des amas de matériaux ; ([[trabes]]) aggere vestiuntur Cæs. G. 7, 23, 2, (ces traverses) sont revêtues d’une couche de déblais<br /><b>2</b> levée de terre [pour fortifier un camp] : aggerem ac [[vallum]] extruere Cæs. G. 7, 72, 4, établir une levée de terre et une palissade ; [[ejus]] valli [[agger]] Cæs. C. 3, 63, 1, la levée qui supportait [[cette]] palissade &#124;&#124; [en part.] le [[talus]] de [[Servius]], agrandi par Tarquin, protégeant Rome entre l’Esquilin et le Quirinal : Cic. Rep. 2, 11 ; Liv. 1, 44, 3, etc.; aggere in [[aprico]] spatiari Hor. S. 1, 8, 15, se promener sur le [[talus]] ensoleillé de [[Servius]]<br /><b>3</b> chaussée, terrasse [pour un siège] : aggerem jacere Cæs. G. 2, 12, 5 ; exstruere G. 2, 30, 3, construire une terrasse ; [[cotidianus]] [[agger]] Cæs. G. 7, 24, 4, travail journalier de la terrasse ; aggerem interscindere Cæs. G. 7, 24, 5, couper la terrasse ; cum [[agger]] [[promotus]] ad urbem esset Liv. 5, 7, 2, la chaussée étant menée jusqu’à la ville<br /><b>4</b> [en gén.] chaussée, remblai, digue : [[Varro]] R. 1, 14, 2 ; Virg. En. 2, 496 ; inchoatum a Druso aggerem coercendo Rheno absolvit Tac. Ann. 13, 53, il acheva la digue commencée par [[Drusus]] pour contenir le Rhin &#124;&#124; chaussée d’une route : in aggere viæ Virg. En. 5, 273, sur la chaussée, cf. Serv. En. 5, 273 ; 12, 446 ; Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 7 ; aggerem viæ obtinere Tac. H. 2, 24, occuper la chaussée de la route &#124;&#124; chaussée, levée formant route : pontes et aggeres [[humido]] paludum imponere Tac. Ann. 1, 61, établir des ponts et des chaussées sur l’humidité des marécages, cf. Ann. 2, 7 ; 4, 73<br /><b>5</b> [poét.] monceau, amas, élévation : tumuli ex aggere Virg. En. 5, 44, de l’amoncellement d’un tertre = du [[haut]] d’un tertre de gazon ; aggeres nivei Virg. G. 3, 354, monceaux de neige ; aggeribus Alpinis [[descendens]] Virg. En. 6, 830, descendant des hauteurs des [[Alpes]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arch. [[arger]] p. [[agger]] Prisc. Gramm. 1, 45.||[en part.] le [[talus]] de [[Servius]], agrandi par Tarquin, protégeant Rome entre l’Esquilin et le Quirinal : Cic. Rep. 2, 11 ; Liv. 1, 44, 3, etc.; aggere in [[aprico]] spatiari Hor. S. 1, 8, 15, se promener sur le [[talus]] ensoleillé de [[Servius]]<br /><b>3</b> chaussée, terrasse [pour un siège] : aggerem jacere Cæs. G. 2, 12, 5 ; exstruere G. 2, 30, 3, construire une terrasse ; [[cotidianus]] [[agger]] Cæs. G. 7, 24, 4, travail journalier de la terrasse ; aggerem interscindere Cæs. G. 7, 24, 5, couper la terrasse ; cum [[agger]] [[promotus]] ad urbem esset Liv. 5, 7, 2, la chaussée étant menée jusqu’à la ville<br /><b>4</b> [en gén.] chaussée, remblai, digue : [[Varro]] R. 1, 14, 2 ; Virg. En. 2, 496 ; inchoatum a Druso aggerem coercendo Rheno absolvit Tac. Ann. 13, 53, il acheva la digue commencée par [[Drusus]] pour contenir le Rhin||chaussée d’une route : in aggere viæ Virg. En. 5, 273, sur la chaussée, cf. Serv. En. 5, 273 ; 12, 446 ; Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 7 ; aggerem viæ obtinere Tac. H. 2, 24, occuper la chaussée de la route|
|chaussée, levée formant route : pontes et aggeres [[humido]] paludum imponere Tac. Ann. 1, 61, établir des ponts et des chaussées sur l’humidité des marécages, cf. Ann. 2, 7 ; 4, 73<br /><b>5</b> [poét.] monceau, amas, élévation : tumuli ex aggere Virg. En. 5, 44, de l’amoncellement d’un tertre=du [[haut]] d’un tertre de gazon ; aggeres nivei Virg. G. 3, 354, monceaux de neige ; aggeribus Alpinis [[descendens]] Virg. En. 6, 830, descendant des hauteurs des [[Alpes]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arch. [[arger]] p. [[agger]] Prisc. Gramm. 1, 45.
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