congemo

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

con-gĕmo, ŭi, 3, v. n. and a.

I Neutr., to sigh or groan deeply or loudly, to heave a sigh .

A Prop. (rare but class.): congemuit senatus frequens, * Cic. Mur. 25, 51; * Suet. Tib. 23.—

B Transf., poet., of trees cut down: supremum congemuit, * Verg. A. 2, 631.—

II Act., to deplore, lament, bewail : quid mortem congemis ac fles? * Lucr. 3, 934: positum feretro congemuere, Val. Fl. 5, 12.

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