con-sŭo, sŭi, sūtum, 3, v. a.
I To sew, stitch , or join together (very rare; mostly ante- and post-class.).
A Prop.: tunicam, Varr. L. L. 9, § 79 Müll.: lumbulos, Apic. 7, 8; 7, 2; 8, 7.—
B Trop.: consuere dolos, to devise, plan, plot : consutis dolis, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211; id. Ps. 1, 5, 126: os, i. e. to forbid to speak , Sen. Ep. 47, 4.— *
II In gen.: consuere aliquid aliquā re, to stuff, stop up, fill with something : pinacothecas veteribus tabulis, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 4. —Hence, * consūtum , i, n., a garment stitched together , Gai Inst. 3, § 192.