aggĕro Copy link Outline I. Lit., to form an agger, or to heap up like an ...II. Transf.A. To heap up, i. e. to augment, increase ...B. To fill, fill upC. Aggerare arborem, in gardening, to heap up ... • aggĕro (adg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [agger]. I. Lit., to form an agger, or to heap up like an agger; hence, in gen., to heap up, pile up (cf. cumulare; only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): aggerat cadavera, Verg. G. 3, 556: Laurentis praemia pugnae aggerat, id. A. 11, 79: ossa disjecta vel aggerata, Tac. A. 1, 61; 1, 63.— II. Transf. A. To heap up, i. e. to augment, increase: incenditque animum dictis atque aggerat iras, Verg. A. 4, 197, and 11, 342: omne promissum, Stat. Th. 2, 198.— B. To fill, fill up: spatium, Curt. 4, 2.— C. Aggerare arborem, in gardening, to heap up earth around a tree in order to protect the roots, Col. 11, 2, 46.