congeries
γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
congĕrĭes: ēi (congĕrĭa, ae, Front. Colon. p. 11, 119 and 125 Goes.; Innoc. Cas. Litt. p. 224 ib.), f. congero,
I that which is brought together; hence, a heap, pile, mass (not ante-Aug.; while the syn. acervus is prevalent through all periods).
I Lit.
(a) With gen.: lapidum, Liv. 31, 39, 8: summa silvae, Ov. M. 9, 235; cf. struis, Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 53; and: ramorum et fruticum, id. 8, 36, 54, § 127: cadaverum, Val. Fl. 6, 511; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 318: densa grani, id. 13, 15, 30, § 97: armorum, Tac. A. 2, 22: vasta metalli, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 135: alta sordium, Gell. 2, 6 fin.: pulveris exigui, Luc. 8, 866 sq.—
(b) Absol.: dispositam Congeriem secuit, i. e. chaos, Ov. M. 1, 33; cf. Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 10.—So of a heap of wood, wood-pile, funeral-pile, Ov. M. 14, 576; Quint. 5, 13, 13; Claud. Idyll. 1, 93.—
II Trop.
A In gen.: venit aetas omnis in unam congeriem, Luc. 5, 178: sincera bonorum, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 136. —
B In rhet., a figure of speech, accumulation; Gr. συναθροισμός, Quint. 8, 4, 3; 8, 4, 26 sq.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
congĕrĭēs,¹⁵ ēī, f. (congero),
1 amas : congeries lapidum Liv. 31, 39, 8, tas de pierres ; cadaverum congeries Val. Flacc. 6, 511, monceau de cadavres || [en part.] tas de bois : Quint. 5, 13, 13
2 [fig.] le Chaos : Ov. M. 1, 33 || [rhét.] accumulation : Quint. 8, 4, 3.
