pair (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans., to bring together in couples1. jungo, conjungo, 32. gĕmĭno, 13. compōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (esp. with a view to a combat; to match combatants)II. Intrans., to be united sexually1. mărītor, 12. cŏeo, 4, irr. (to have sexual intercourse) • pair (v.): I. Trans., to bring together in couples: 1. jungo, conjungo, 3: v. to join. 2. gĕmĭno, 1: to p. serpents with birds, serpentes avibus g., Hor. A. P. 13. 3. compōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (esp. with a view to a combat; to match combatants): Quint. 2, 17, 33: Lucil. in Cic. II. Intrans., to be united sexually: 1. mărītor, 1: Plin. 16, 25, 39: cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 9, med. (But maritari may be used of animals which have promiscuous intercourse.) 2. cŏeo, 4, irr. (to have sexual intercourse): Plin. 10, 53, 74, etc. (More precisely, *certis conjugiis maritari s. coire: doves do not have indiscriminate congress, but p., *columbae non promiscue coeunt sed singulis maritantur.)