CLING Copy link • CLINGadhaerere (alicui rei; also ad aliquid, of clinging to what one will not leave, Caes.; also of properties that stick close to a person): inhaerere ad aliquid and alicui rei (Cic..; PROP. and figuratively, ad saxa, Cic..; visceribus, Cic.): adhaerescere ad aliquid, alicui rei, also in aliqua re (ad aliquam disciplinam, Cic. ad saxum, Cic.): to cling to (an opinion, etc.), manere, permanere, perstare in aliqua re; ab aliqua re non discedere; non mutare, immuture aliquid: to cling obstinately to anything, aliquid mordicus tenere (e.g., to words, verba, Cic.). To be given up to a pursuit, adhaerescere alicui rei or ad aliquam rem: amplector or amplexus teneo aliquid. To cling to justice and honor, justitiae honestatique adhaerescere; justitiam et virtutem amplecti: to cling to anything too fondly, nimio amore aliquid amplexus teneo: men who cling to cirtain traditional opinions, certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti et consecrati. To cling to anybody’s party, deditum, addictum esse, favere, studere alicui; favere alicujus partibus; studiosum esse alicujus; esse e partibus alicujus, etc.