coniungo

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con-jungo: nxi, nctum, 3,
I v. a., to bind together, connect, join, unite (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or the acc. only; trop. also with ad.
I Lit.
   (a)    With cum: eam epistulam cum hac, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 3: animam cum animo, Lucr. 3, 160: naturam tenuem gravi cum corpore, id. 5, 563.—
   (b)    With inter se, Lucr. 3, 559; cf. id. 3, 137.—
   (g)    With dat.: castra muro oppidoque, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: ita cursum regebat, ut primi conjungi ultimis possent, Curt. 5, 13, 10: conjunguntur his (porticibus) domus ampliores, Vitr. 6, 7, 3: dextrae dextram, Ov. M. 8, 421: aëra terris, Lucr. 5, 564.—
   (d)    With the acc. only: boves, i. e. to yoke together, Cato, R. R. 138; cf.: bis binos (equos), Lucr. 5, 1299: calamost plures ceră, Verg. E. 2, 32: dextras, id. A. 1, 514: nostras manus, Tib. 1, 6, 60: oras (vulneris) suturā, Cels. 7, 4, 3: medium intervallum ponte, Suet. Calig. 19: supercilia conjuncta, id. Aug. 79: verba, Quint. 8, 3, 36.—
II Trop.
   A In gen.
   (a)    With cum: eas cohortes cum exercitu suo, Caes. B. C. 1, 18: quem ego cum deorum laude conjungo, i. e. put on an equality with, Cic. Pis. 9, 20; id. Font. 10, 21; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 28: imperii dedecus cum probro privato, Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Red. Sen. 2, 4; id. Red. Quir. 7, 16; id. Brut. 31, 120: judicium suum cum illius auctoritate, Quint. 10, 3, 1: voluptatem cum laude ac dignitate, id. 8, pr. 33; 12, 2, 8; Cat. 64, 331.—
   (b)    With ad (very rare), Quint. 4, 1, 16.—
   (g)    With dat.: noctem diei, Caes. B. C. 3, 13: arma finitimis, Liv. 8, 16, 2; 42, 47, 3: se alicui, Curt. 8, 13, 4: laudem oratori, Quint. 1, 10, 17; 5, 10, 51: sequentia prioribus, id. 11, 2, 20.—So of writings, to add: pauca scribenda conjungendaque huic commentario statui, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48.—
   (d)    With in and abl.: cum in tui familiarissimi judicio ac periculo tuum crimen conjungeretur, Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 2: nefarium est ... socium fallere qui se in negotio conjunxit, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17.—（ε) With in and acc.: omnia vota in unum, Petr. 86.—（ζ) With acc. only: vocales, to contract, Cic. Or. 44, 150; Quint. 12, 10, 30: bellum, to carry on or wage in concert, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26; Sil. 15, 52: vires, Val. Fl. 6, 632: Galliae duae, quas hoc tempore uno imperio videmus esse conjunctas, Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 3: aequum est enim militum, talium praesertim, honorem conjungi, id. Phil. 14, 11, 29: ne ... tantae nationes conjungantur, Caes. B. G. 3, 11: hunc cape consiliis socium et conjunge volentem, Verg. A. 5, 712: res ... sicut inter se cohaerent tempore, ita opere ipso conjungi, Curt. 5, 1, 2: passus, Ov. M. 11, 64: abstinentiam cibi, i. e. to continue without interruption, Tac. A. 6, 26; in the same sense, consulatus, Suet. Calig. 17; and: rerum actum, id. Claud. 23: nox eadem necem Britannici et rogum conjunxit, Tac. A. 13, 17. —
   B In partic.
   1    To compose, form by uniting: quod (Epicurus) e duplici genere voluptatis conjunctus est (i. e. Epicuri summum bonum), Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44 Madv. ad loc.—
   2    To unite, join in marriage or love: me tecum, Ov. H. 21, 247: aliquam secum matrimonio, Curt. 6, 9, 30: aliquam sibi justo matrimonio, Suet. Ner. 28; cf.: aliquam sibi, id. Calig. 26: conjungi Poppaeae, Tac. A. 14, 60; Cat. 64, 335: conubia Sabinorum (Romulus), to bring about, accomplish, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37.—
   3    To connect, unite by the ties of relationship or friendship: se tecum affinitate, Nep. Paus. 2, 3: tota domus conjugio et stirpe conjungitur, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65: nos inter nos (res publica), id. Fam. 5, 7, 2: me tibi (studia), id. ib. 15, 11, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 21: multos sibi familiari amicitiā, Sall. J. 7, 7: Ausonios Teucris foedere, Verg. A. 10, 105: optimum quemque hospitio et amicitiā, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16: amicitiam, id. Clu. 16, 46; cf.: societatem amicitiamque, Sall. J. 83, 1.—Hence, conjunctus, a, um, P. a.
   A (Acc. to I.) United, connected; hence, of places, bordering upon, near: loca, quae Caesaris castris erant conjuncta, Caes. B. C. 1, 64 init.; 2, 25; 3, 112: Paphlagonia Cappadociae, Nep. Dat. 5, 5: regio Oceano, Hirt. B. G. 8, 46; 8, 31: ratis crepidine saxi, Verg. A. 10, 653.—
   B Transf., of time, connected with, following: quae proelio apud Arbela conjuncta sunt ordiar dicere, Curt. 5, 1, 2.—
   C Trop.
   1    In gen., connected with, pertaining to; accordant or agreeing with, conformable to, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., or rar. the abl.: prudentia cum justitiā, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; so, nihil cum virtute, id. ib. 1, 2, 5: ea, quae sunt quasi conjuncta aut quae quasi pugnantia inter se, id. Part. Or. 2, 7: verba inter se (opp. simplicia), id. Top. 7; id. de Or. 3, 37, 149; (opp. singula), Quint. 5, 10, 106; 7, 9, 2; 8, 1, 1: causae (opp. simplices), id. 3, 6, 94; 3, 10, 1: justitia intellegentiae, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34: praecepta officii naturae, id. ib. 1, 2, 6: talis simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam liberalitati, id. ib. 1, 14, 44; id. de Or. 2, 81, 331: libido scelere conjuncta, id. Clu. 5, 12; id. Phil. 5, 7, 20: haec necesse est aut ex praeterito tempore aut ex conjuncto aut ex sequenti petere, i. e. the present, Quint. 5, 8, 5; cf. id. 5, 9, 5; 5, 10, 94; and id. 7, 2, 46: conjuncta (et conveniens) constantia inter augures, harmonious, accordant, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82.—
   b conjunctum, i, n. subst.
   (a)    In rhet., connection, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 167; cf. id. ib. 2, 39, 166.—
   (b)    A joint-sentence, = copulatum, συμπεπλεγμένον, Gell. 16, 8, 10.—
   (g)    In the physical lang. of Lucr., the necessary, inherent qualities of bodies (as weight, etc.), in contrast with eventum, merely external condition, Lucr. 1, 449 sq.—
   2    In partic.
   a Connected by marriage, married: digno viro, Verg. E. 8, 32: conservae, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5.—*
   b Transf., of the vine (cf. conjunx, I. 2.): vitis ulmo marito, Cat. 62, 54.—Far more freq.,
   c Connected or united by relationship or friendship, allied, kindred, intimate, friendly (freq. in Cic.).
   (a)    With abl.: cum aliquo vinculis et propinquitatis et adfinitatis, Cic. Planc. 11, 27: cum populo Romano non solum perpetuā societate atque amicitiā, verum etiam cognatione, id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72: equites concordiā conjunctissimi, id. Clu. 55, 152: sanguine, Sall. J. 10, 3; cf.: Mario sanguine conjunctissimus, Vell. 2, 41, 2: propinquitatibus adfinitatibusque, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; cf.: propinquā cognatione, Nep. praef. § 7: homo conjunctissimus officiis, usu, consuetudine, Cic. Sull. 20, 57; id. Cat. 1, 13, 33; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Att. 1, 16, 11; Nep. Att. 12, 1 al. —
   (b)    With cum, etc.: ubi tecum conjunctus siem, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 52: so, genus cum diis, Suet. Caes. 6.—Absol.: conjunctus an alienus, Quint. 7, 4, 21; Nep. Att. 7, 1; Curt. 6, 11, 10.—With dat.: conjunctissimus huic ordini, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.: civitas populo Romano, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: conjunctior illo Nemo mihi est, Ov. M. 15, 599; Curt. 7, 3, 25.—With inter: inter se conjunctissimos fuisse Curium, Coruncanium, Cic. Lael. 11, 39; id. Dom. 11, 27: ut nosmet ipsi inter nos conjunctiores simus, id. Att. 14, 13, B. 5.—conjunctē, adv. (rare; most freq. in Cic.).
   1    In connection, conjointly, at the same time: conjuncte cum reliquis rebus nostra contexere, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: conjuncte re verboque risus moveatur, id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: elatum aliquid, i. e. hypothetically (opp. simpliciter, categorically), id. ib. 2, 38, 158; 3, 37, 149: agere, id. Inv. 1, 7, 9.—
   2    In a friendly, confidential manner: conjuncte vivere, Nep. Att. 10, 3; so with vivere in the comp., Cic. Fam. 6, 9, 1; Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 4; and in sup., Cic. Lael. 1, 2.