aggrego

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ag-grĕgo (adg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [grex, grego]. *

I To bring or add to a flock : ADGREGARE: ad gregem ducere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.—Hence,

II To add to something: se adgregare, to attach one's self to , to follow or adhere to (more rare than adjungere , and only in prose, but class.): si secum suos eduxerit, et eodem ceteros naufragos adgregaverit, Cic. Cat. 1, 12: filium eodem indicio ad patris interitum, to implicate in , id. Vatin. 10, 25: te semper in nostrum numerum adgregare soleo, to add to , reckon among , id. Mur. 7, 16: meam voluntatem ad summi viri dignitatem adgregāssem, had shown my zeal for the increase of his reputation , id. Fam. 1, 9: se ad eorum amicitiam, to join or ally themselves to , Caes. B. G. 6, 12; Vell. 2, 91: oppidani adgregant se Amphotero, Curt. 4, 5; and instead of se adgregare, the pass. : ne desciscentibus adgregarentur, Suet. Ner. 43.

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