heap (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. ăcervo, 1 (to form an acervus2. aggĕro, 1 (to raise a mound)3. cŭmŭlo, 1 (to pile together; more freq. in fig. sense4. congĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (to pile in a mass)II. To amass riches, etc.III. To heap reproaches, etc., upon1. congĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (in abundance; with acc. and dat., or more freq. acc. and in with acc.)2. ingĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (same constr. as preced.)3. ŏnĕro, 1 (with acc. and abl.)IV. To add • heap (v.): I. Lit.: to raise a heap: usu. foll. by up, together: 1. ăcervo, 1 (to form an acervus: v. heap, subs. 1: rare): Plin. The comp. coacervo (to h. together) is more freq.: dead bodies thrown down and h.'d together, dejecta et coacervata cadavera, Caes. B. G. 2, 27: sometimes foll. by cumulo, cumulis, Liv. 22, 7, etc. 2. aggĕro, 1 (to raise a mound): to h. up soil round (a tree), terram circa ag., Col. Arb. 28: to h. up corpses, cadavera ag., Virg. The comp. exaggero (to h. up high), is rare: Plin. 3. cŭmŭlo, 1 (to pile together; more freq. in fig. sense: v. infr. and to accumulate): more fully, cum. in [magnum] acervum, Liv. 45, 33, init.: Curt. Comp. accumulo, esp. of heaping soil to the roots of trees, Col.; also fig., v. infr. 4. congĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (to pile in a mass): v. to pile. II. To amass riches, etc.: cŭmŭlo, accŭmŭlo, cŏăcervo, collĭgo, congĕro: v. to accumulate. III. To heap reproaches, etc., upon: 1. congĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (in abundance; with acc. and dat., or more freq. acc. and in with acc.): to h. blows upon the dead, plagas mortuo c., Phaedr.: to h. favours upon any one, beneficia in aliquem c., Liv. 42., 11: let all (evils) be h.'d upon a single individual, congerantur in unum omnia, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117: to h. abuse on any one, maledicta in aliquem c., Cic.: Suet. 2. ingĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (same constr. as preced.): to h. abuse upon any one, convicia alicui ing., Hor. S. 1, 5, 11; ing. probra, Liv. 2, 45, med. also with in and acc. (instead of dat.): Liv. 3, 68, med.: Pl. 3. ŏnĕro, 1 (with acc. and abl.): to h. injuries on any one, aliquem injuriis o., Ter. And. 5, 1, 8: v. to load. IV. To add: addo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to h. one crime upon another, in scelus addere scelus, Ov. M. 8, 484.