accumulation Copy link Outline 1. cŭmŭlus, i, m. (v. HEAP)2. ăcervus, strŭes3. congestus, ūs, m. • accumulation: 1. cŭmŭlus, i, m. (v. heap): to bring to any one an a. of joy, afferre alicui c. gaudii, Cic.: blessed with the a. of all praises, laudum cumulo beatus omni, Stat. 2. ăcervus, strŭes: v. heap, pile. 3. congestus, ūs, m.: an a. of forces, c. copiarum, Tac. Or expr. by verb: as, an a. of money, collecta pecunia, Hor.: the a. of titles of dignity upon any one, cumulata in aliquem dignitatis vocabula: v. to accumulate.
ACCUMULATION Copy link • ACCUMULATIONacervatio (Plin.), coacervatio (Gaj. Dig., 2, 1, 11: by Cic. as a figure of rhetoric: accumulatio is only used in the sense of heaping up earth about the roots of trees).