gather Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To bring together1. collĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3. to g. together a large number of men, magnum numerum hominum c., Cic.2. congrĕgo, 1 (to assemble, as a dispersed flock)3. confĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (of things rather than persons)4. convĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (like confero)5. cōgo, 3II. To pluck; as, a flower or fruit1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 32. carpo, psi, ptum, 3III. To infer, conclude1. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put things together and draw an inference)2. collĭgo, 3 (like preced.)3. suspicor, 1 (to surmise)B. Intrans.I. To assemble1. congrĕgo, 1 (with pron. refl. or as pass.2. convĕnio, 4II. To generate purulent matter • gather: A. Trans.: I. To bring together: 1. collĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3. to g. together a large number of men, magnum numerum hominum c., Cic.: v. to collect. 2. congrĕgo, 1 (to assemble, as a dispersed flock): to g. together scattered human beings, dispersos homines [unum in locum] c., Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 33: cf. id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62, dissipatos homines congregavit et ad societatem vitae convocavit: Tac. 3. confĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (of things rather than persons): to g. together corn from the country into a camp, frumentum ex agris in castra c., Caes. B. G. 4, 31: v. to bring together. 4. convĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (like confero): to g. fodder and corn (of foragers), pabulum frumentumque c., Caes. B. G. 7, 74. 5. cōgo, 3: v. to collect. See also to gather in, up, etc. II. To pluck; as, a flower or fruit: 1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3: to g. nuts, nuces l., Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265: to g. flowers, flores l., Virg.: Ov.: see also to pick up. Comp. dēlĭgo, rare in this sense: tenui deligere ungue rosam, Ov. Her. 4, 30. 2. carpo, psi, ptum, 3: to g. herbs with the hands, herbas manibus c., Col.: v. to pluck. Comp. decerpo: to g. fresh flowers, novos d. flores, Lucr. 4, 3: Hor.: Ov. III. To infer, conclude: 1. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put things together and draw an inference): I soon g.'d that you were at Lanuvium, cito conjeci te Lanuvii fuisse, Cic. Att. 14, 21, init.: Ter.: v. to conjecture. 2. collĭgo, 3 (like preced.): from this you may g. how excessively I am engaged, ex eo c. possis quanta occupatione distinear, Cic. Att. 2, 23, init.: Liv. 3. suspicor, 1 (to surmise): as far as I can g. from the movement of your face, quantum motu suspicor oris, Ov. M. 3, 461: v. to suspect. B. Intrans.: I. To assemble: 1. congrĕgo, 1 (with pron. refl. or as pass.: v. supr. I.): impious citizens were g.ing together, impii cives unum se in locum congregabant, Cic. Ph. 14, 6, init.: storks when about to migrate, g. together in one spot, ciconiae abiturae congregantur in uno loco, Plin. 2. convĕnio, 4: v. to assemble. II. To generate purulent matter: suppūro, 1: v. to fester.
GATHER Copy link • GATHER 1. s. (in a garment), *ruga consuta, or ruga only; or plicatura (fold). 2. v. TRANS., Collect, Vid: To gather in harvests, etc., carpere: decerpere (to pluck): destringere alicui aliquid (to strip off, tear off; e.g., leaves and berries): detrahere alicui aliquid (to take off; e.g., fruits): percipere (to gather or collect for use; e.g., the fruits of the earth, fruges; olives, fructum ex olea, Plin.): sublegere (to gather up; e.g., baccam, quae in terram decidit, Col.): demetere (PROP., of corn, frumentum, segetes; poetically, of flowers, pollice florem, Verg.). To gather the grapes, uvas legere; detrahere uvas ex arboribus: vindemiam colligere (of the general gathering; the vintage): vindemiare (post-Augustan; also, vindemiare uvas, Plin.); olives, legere oleas (Cato), olivas (Hor.), oleam stringere (to tear it off, which an old law forbade), to gather apples (garden fruits), demere or detrahere poma arboribus; legere poma ex or ab arboribus. To draw an inference, ex aliqua re colligere, concludere: hence it may be gathered, ex quo effici cogique potest (anything may be established by argument). To pucker (a dress), consuere in rugas (rugae, Plin. 35, 8, 34, etc.). 3. INTRANS., Assemble [Vid. ASSEMBLE, INTRANS.] . Fester, Vid: GATHER UP, colligere (general term, also, of taking up for the purpose of shortening, colligere togam, Martisalis): sublegere (e.g., fallen fruits, etc., Col., ; anything lying on the ground, Hor.). To gather up the stones from a field, elapidare agrum: to gather (up) the hair into a knot, capillos (in nodum) colligere. Vid: COLLECT.