pack (v.) Copy link Outline I. To put together in a parcel; usu. to p. up1. compōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 32. collĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3 (to gather together)3. allĭgo, 1 (to tie up)II. To compressIII. To send off unceremoniouslyIV. To form a jury by unfair selection • pack (v.): I. To put together in a parcel; usu. to p. up: 1. compōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: p. up what is to go with you, compone quae tecum simul ferantur, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5: Pl. Mil. 4, 7, 21. Also = to p. up and put away: p. up those serious books, tristes istos compone libellos, Prop. 1., 9, 13. 2. collĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3 (to gather together): esp. in milit. phr., vasa c., to pack up baggage, Cic. Verr. 4, 19, init. (whence the phr. vasa conclamare, to raise the cry for packing up, Caes. B. C. 1, 66): also in non-milit. sense: to p. up my luggage before departing from life, sarcinas c. antequam proficiscar e vita, Varr. R. R. init. 3. allĭgo, 1 (to tie up): we are just now p.ing up our luggage, jam sarcinulas alligamus, Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 2. II. To compress: arto (coarto)., stīpo, etc.: v. to crowd. III. To send off unceremoniously: perh. dētrūdo, si, sum, 3: cf. Pl. Aul. 2, 5, 9, huccine detrusti me ad senem parcissimum? have you p.'d me off to this old miser's? v. to thrust off. In this sense, esp. as v. refl. or intrans.: p. yourselves off! hinc vos amolimini! Ter. Andr. 4, 2. 23. See also to get rid of. IV. To form a jury by unfair selection: perh. *judices per calumniam eligere; judicium calumnia judicum eligendorum corrumpere: so with ref. to meetings: the promoters of the scheme p.'d the meeting, *per speciem coetus publici, consilii ejus auctores nonnisi suos homines (suam turbam) congregabant.