HOARD Copy link • HOARD 1. s. acervus (e.g., aeris, auri, pecuniae). 2. v. coacervare (to heap together; pecuniam, Cic.; the simple acervare not Cic.): construere (to pile up, divitias, Hor.; acervos nummorum, Cic.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) construere et coacervare (e.g., pecuniam, Cic.): undique conquirere (to hunt for it every where; pecuniam, opes): condere (to put in a secret place for preservation; aurum): seponere (to put aside, to lay by, especially = to hoard for a particular purpose; ad or in aliquid; quod ex istis... rebus receptum est ad illud fanum [sc. ornandum] sepositum putare, Cic.; pecuniam in aedificationem templi, Liv.): accumulare (to add more and more to a hoard already existing, addit, auget, accumulat, Cic.).