pack (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A bundleII. Of houndsIII. Of men (contemptuously)IV. Of cards • pack (subs.): I. A bundle: sarcĭna (esp. the pack or bundle carried by a soldier): Caes.: Liv. Also in non-milit. sense, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 6 (s. chartae). Dimin. sarcinula (a small p.), Gell. 19, 1, med. Belonging to, carrying a p., sarcinarius, sarcinalis: v. PACK-HORSE. II. Of hounds: Phr.: to keep a p. of hounds, canes ad venandum alere, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 30: to take a p. of hounds to the chase, venatum ducere canes, Pl. St. 1, 2, 82. III. Of men (contemptuously): perh. turba: v. throng. Stronger, collŭvio, ōnis; collūvies, ēi (lit. refuse washed together): cf. Cic. Vat. 9, 23, colluvio Drusi, Drusus's contemptible p. Also grex, which however has no contemptuous sense in itself; or manus: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1, quos impetus ... in totam illam manum feci! on all that p.! But these are all less colloq. than Eng. IV. Of cards: *chartae lusoriae.