cumulus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

cumulus ī, m

2 CAV-, a heap, pile, mass, accumulation : Gallorum cumuli, i. e. of slain , L.: armorum cumulos coacervare, L.: aquarum, O.: harenae, V.: insequitur cumulo aquae mons, follows with its mass , V.— Fig., a mass, accumulation : acervatarum legum, L.—Meton., a surplus, overplus, accession, addition, increase : ut ad illam praedam damnatio Roscii velut cumulus accedat: mercedis: dierum, additional number : accesserint in cumulum, as an addition : aliquem cumulum artibus adferre: perfidiae, O.: cladis, as the crown of woe , O.: gaudii.

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