adhaereo

ad-haereō —, —, ēre,

to cleave, adhere, stick to: vincto in corpore, cling to, O.: lateri quā pectus adhaeret, joins, O.: quibus (saxis) adhaerebant, L.: lentis adhaerens bracchiis, H.: manūs oneri adhaerentes, i. e. frozen, Ta.—Fig., to cling to, be attached: cui canis ... cognomen adhaeret, adheres, H.—To hang on, keep close, be attached: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, L.