set (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A number or collection of things serving one purpose1. instrūmentum (of implements)2. of plate, synthĕsis, ministĕriumII. A number of persons customarily associated1. glŏbus2. mănĭpŭlus (rare; found in this sense only in Ter.)III. A young plant for growth1. propāgo, f. (ō in this sense in Virg.)2. vīvĭrādix, īcis, f. (a quickset)3. virga • set (subs.): I. A number or collection of things serving one purpose: 1. instrūmentum (of implements): a s. of hunting weapons, venatorium i., Plin. Ep. 3, 19, med.: a s. of tools for one's trade, artis i., Hor. S. 1, 3, 131. 2. of plate, synthĕsis, ministĕrium: v. service (VII.). II. A number of persons customarily associated: 1. glŏbus: that s. of aristocrats, ille g. nobilitatis, Sall. J. 85, ad init.: a s. of conspirators, conjurationis g., Vell. 2, 58, med.: so, consensionis g., Nep. Att. 8, fin. 2. mănĭpŭlus (rare; found in this sense only in Ter.): a s. of thieves, m. furum (faceté), Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 6. III. A young plant for growth: 1. propāgo, f. (ō in this sense in Virg.): mallet-shoots, plants, twigs, quicksets, sets (layers), malleoli, plantae, sarmenta, viviradices, propagines, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: cf. Plin. 17, 10, 9, fin. (arbores proveniunt aut plantis radicis, aut propagine, etc.). 2. vīvĭrādix, īcis, f. (a quickset): v. supr. 3. virga: he grafts the s. in a cleft of the bark, fissa cortice virgam inserit, Ov. M. 14, 630.