acervo
Γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἐπιτυχεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον → Certe invenire feminam haud facile est bonam → Ein braves Eheweib zu finden ist nicht leicht
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăcervo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. acervus,
I to form a heap, to heap or pile up, to amass (rare, not in Cic.; per. not before the Aug. period).
I Prop.: jam pigritiā singulos sepeliendi promiscue acervatos cumulos hominum urebant, Liv. 5, 48, 3: aggerem, Sen. Here. Fur. 1216: panicum praedensis acervatur granis, Plin. 18, 7, 10: acervantur muricum modo, they gather or collect together, id. 32, 9, 31.—
II Trop., to accumulate, to multiply: leges, Liv. 3, 34; Quint. 9, 3, 47; Plin. 26, 4, 10, § 21; 36, 15, 24, § 101 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăcervō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre (acervus), tr., entasser, amonceler, accumuler [au pr. et fig.] : Liv. 5, 48, 3 ; Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 5 ; Quint. 9, 3, 47.
