gather Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To bring together1. collĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3. to g. together a large number of men, magnum numerum hominum c., Cic.2. congrĕgo, 1 (to assemble, as a dispersed flock)3. confĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (of things rather than persons)4. convĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (like confero)5. cōgo, 3II. To pluck; as, a flower or fruit1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 32. carpo, psi, ptum, 3III. To infer, conclude1. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put things together and draw an inference)2. collĭgo, 3 (like preced.)3. suspicor, 1 (to surmise)B. Intrans.I. To assemble1. congrĕgo, 1 (with pron. refl. or as pass.2. convĕnio, 4II. To generate purulent matter • gather: A. Trans.: I. To bring together: 1. collĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3. to g. together a large number of men, magnum numerum hominum c., Cic.: v. to collect. 2. congrĕgo, 1 (to assemble, as a dispersed flock): to g. together scattered human beings, dispersos homines [unum in locum] c., Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 33: cf. id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62, dissipatos homines congregavit et ad societatem vitae convocavit: Tac. 3. confĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (of things rather than persons): to g. together corn from the country into a camp, frumentum ex agris in castra c., Caes. B. G. 4, 31: v. to bring together. 4. convĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (like confero): to g. fodder and corn (of foragers), pabulum frumentumque c., Caes. B. G. 7, 74. 5. cōgo, 3: v. to collect. See also to gather in, up, etc. II. To pluck; as, a flower or fruit: 1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3: to g. nuts, nuces l., Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265: to g. flowers, flores l., Virg.: Ov.: see also to pick up. Comp. dēlĭgo, rare in this sense: tenui deligere ungue rosam, Ov. Her. 4, 30. 2. carpo, psi, ptum, 3: to g. herbs with the hands, herbas manibus c., Col.: v. to pluck. Comp. decerpo: to g. fresh flowers, novos d. flores, Lucr. 4, 3: Hor.: Ov. III. To infer, conclude: 1. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put things together and draw an inference): I soon g.'d that you were at Lanuvium, cito conjeci te Lanuvii fuisse, Cic. Att. 14, 21, init.: Ter.: v. to conjecture. 2. collĭgo, 3 (like preced.): from this you may g. how excessively I am engaged, ex eo c. possis quanta occupatione distinear, Cic. Att. 2, 23, init.: Liv. 3. suspicor, 1 (to surmise): as far as I can g. from the movement of your face, quantum motu suspicor oris, Ov. M. 3, 461: v. to suspect. B. Intrans.: I. To assemble: 1. congrĕgo, 1 (with pron. refl. or as pass.: v. supr. I.): impious citizens were g.ing together, impii cives unum se in locum congregabant, Cic. Ph. 14, 6, init.: storks when about to migrate, g. together in one spot, ciconiae abiturae congregantur in uno loco, Plin. 2. convĕnio, 4: v. to assemble. II. To generate purulent matter: suppūro, 1: v. to fester.