congrex

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

con-grex, grĕgis, adj. (post-class.).

I Of the same herd or flock : equinis armentis, Ap. Met. 7, 16, 4; aves, Sol. 2 dub. (al. congregatae).—Hence,

II In gen., collected in flocks or multitudes : catervas, Auct. Pervig. Ven. 43: vulgo, Aus. Ep. 10, 21.—With dat.: comessationibus, Tert. Poen. 11.—

B Trop., close, intimate : aliquem congrege nexu tenere, Prud. contra Symm. 2, 634.