coagmentum
From LSJ
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏagmentum: i, n. cogo,
I a joining together; in concr., a joint (in good prose; not in Cic.; mostly in <number opt="n">plur.</number>).
I Prop., Non. p. 42, 20 sq.; Cato, R. R. 18, 9; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 143; Caes. B. C. 3, 105 fin.; Vitr. 2, 3, 4; 2, 8, 3; 4, 4, 4.—
II Trop., a joining or connecting together: syllabarum, Gell. 17, 9, 2.
