congestio

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

congestĭo, ōnis, f. [1. congero], lit. a bringing together; hence, a heaping up, accumulation (rare and not ante-Aug.).

I In abstr.

A Prop.: terrae, Vitr. 6, 8, 5; Pall. Mart. 1, 4: stercorum, Pall. 1, 33, 1.—

B Trop.: enumerationis, Macr. S. 5, 15 fin. : honorum, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 22. —

II In concr., that which is heaped up, a heap, mass, pile , Dig. 19, 2, 57.