cŏ-ăcervo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to heap together, heap up, collect in a mass (class., esp. in prose; most freq. in Cic.).
- I. Prop.: pecuniae coguntur et coacervantur, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 70; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 14: quantum (argenti, etc.) in turbā et rapinis coacervari unā in domo potuit, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: tantam vim emblematum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54: multitudinem civium, id. ib. 2, 5, 57, § 148: cadavera, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; cf.: hostium cumulos, Liv. 22, 7, 5: armorum cumulos, id. 5, 39, 1: omnis res aliquo, Auct. B. Afr. 91: bustum, * Cat. 64, 363: summas, Dig. 17, 1, 36.
Sarcastically: agros non modo emere verum etiam coacervare, not merely to purchase (perh. to sell again), but to heap, collect together in a mass, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66 Orell.
- II. Trop.: argumenta, Cic. Part. Or. 11, 40: luctus, * Ov. M. 8, 485: errores, Lact. 5, 1, 7.