confercio
καὶ ἄλλως δὲ πολυειδῶς συζευγνύουσι τοῖς πράγµασι τὰ µαθήµατα, ὡς καὶ τῶν πραγµάτων ὁµοιοῦσθαι τοῖς µαθήµασι δυναµένων καὶ τῶν µαθηµάτων τοῖς πράγµασι φύσιν ἐχόντων ἀπεικάζεσθαι καὶ ἀµφοτέρων πρὸς ἄλληλα ἀνθοµοιουµένων → they couple mathematical objects to things in several other ways as well, since things can be assimilated to mathematical objects, and mathematical objects can by nature be likened to things, both being in a relation of mutual resemblance
Latin > English
confercio confercire, confersi, confertus V TRANS :: stuff/cram/pack/press (close) together; fill densely; raise a shout in unison
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-fercĭo: no
I perf., fertum, 4, v. a. farcio, to stuff or cram together, to press close together (in verb. finit. very rare; in part. perf. and P. a. class.).
(a) Verb. finit.: ventus cum confercit, franguntur montes nimborum, Lucr. 6, 158: se (apes), Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35: myrrham in follis, Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68.—
(b) Part. perf.: viā sibi inter confertas naves factā, Liv. 37, 11, 13: quo magis astu Confertos ita acervatim mors accumulabat, Lucr. 6, 1263; cf.: agrestem in arta tecta, Liv. 3, 6, 3.—Hence, confer-tus, a, um, P. a.; lit., pressed together; hence,
A Pressed close, crowded, thick, dense (opp. rarus): caeruleum spumat sale confertā rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Prisc. 5, p. 659 P. (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.): tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plures simul conferti, Liv. 29, 34, 12: in confertā multitudine, * Suet. Tib. 2: agmen, Verg. G. 3, 369 (conjunctum, Serv.): moles, Tac. A. 4, 62.—Esp.,
2 In milit. lang., of the close, compact order of battle: ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 16: acies, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Liv. 10, 29, 6; 42, 59, 5; Tac. A. 6, 35; 14, 36; Verg. A. 2, 347.— Comp., Liv. 9, 27, 9.—Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 2, 23: hostes, Sall. C. 60, 7: turba, Liv. 2, 12, 6; Sall. J. 98, 1: turmatim et quam maxume confertis equis Mauros invadunt, id. ib. 101, 4: conferto gradu inrupere, Tac. A. 12, 35.—
B With abl., stuffed, filled full, full: ingenti turbā conferta deorum templa, Liv. 45, 2, 7.—Trop.: otiosa vita, plena et conferta voluptatibus, Cic. Sest. 10, 23; so id. Tusc. 3, 19, 44; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64: cibo, id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; * Quint. 5, 14, 27: legio conferta maniplis, Sil. 7, 390.—* Adv.: confertē, in acc. with A. 2. (for the more usual confertim, q. v.), in a compact body; only comp.: confertius resistentes, Amm. 24, 7, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfercĭō,¹³ fersī, fertum, īre (cum, farcio), tr., entasser en bourrant, accumuler, serrer : Lucr. 6, 158 ; confercire in folles Plin. 12, 68, ensacher ; apes conferciunt se Varro R. 3, 16, 35, les abeilles se forment en peloton || v. confertus.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōnfercio, fersī, fertum, īre (con u. farcio), zusammenstopfen, dicht zusammendrängen, myrrham in folles, Plin.: se, Varr.: confertae naves, Liv.: urbanos et agrestem c. in arta tecta, Liv. Vgl. confertus.
