group (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of persons1. glŏbus (a body of men collected for whatever purpose2. circŭlus ("a knot" of people)II. A combination of figures in art1. symplegma, ătis, n.2. turma (a g. of equestrian statues) • group (subs.): I. Of persons: 1. glŏbus (a body of men collected for whatever purpose: not in Cic.): the g. of people round Fabius, circa Fabium g., Liv. 8, 32, ad fin.: Tac. 2. circŭlus ("a knot" of people): they talked (of it) in the market-places and where g.s of people were assembled, per fora et c. locuti sunt, Tac. Agr. 43: he withdrew himself from the g., de c. se subduxit, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, ad init.: to be surrounded by a large g. (of auditors), magno coronari c., Mart. 10, 62. Hence, in g.s, circulatim, Suet.: to form g.s (for conversation), circulari, Caes. B. C. 1, 64, ad init. II. A combination of figures in art: 1. symplegma, ătis, n.: Plin. 36, 5, 4 § 6. 2. turma (a g. of equestrian statues): Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14.