pile (v.) Copy link Outline 1. congĕro, ssi, stum, 32. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3 (esp. with ref. to funeral piles)3. ăcervo, cŏăcervo; cŭmŭlo, 1 • pile (v.): 1. congĕro, ssi, stum, 3: their shields were p.d upon her, scuta illi congesta (sunt), Liv. 1, 11, fin.: to p. on dry sticks, arida virgulta c., Suet. Caes. 84: to p. up towns with the hand, oppida manu c., Virg. G. 2, 156. 2. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3 (esp. with ref. to funeral piles): Cic. Fin. 3, extr.: Suet. 3. ăcervo, cŏăcervo; cŭmŭlo, 1: v. to heap. Phr.: to p. arms, *arma in unum locum conferre to p. the logs upon the fire, ligna super foco [in focum] large reponere, Hor. Od. 1, 9, init.: to p. up the agony, *rei atrocitatem omnibus modis augere atque amplificare.