CLOSE WITH Copy link • CLOSE WITHto come into close quarters, manum conserere: ad manum accedere: cominus pugnare (gladiis): cominus gladiis uti: manu decertare (all these = to fight close together. or to come to close quarters with the sword, after the commencement of the fight with javelins, arrows, etc.): inter se (collatis signis) concurrere: praelium committere (mostly of two hostile armies): (armis) congredi cum aliquo: (manu) confilgere cum aliquo: ferrum et manus conferre cum aliquo; signa conferre cum aliquo (all. e.g., cum hostibus). To coalesce coalescere: couglutinari.