verbfirst conjugation
glomerō
glomerō (present infinitive glomerāre, perfect active glomerāvī, supine glomerātum)
Classical[ˈɡɫɔ.mɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡlɔː.me.ro]
Meaning
- to glomerate, make into a ball, pile in a heap
- to gather, assemble in a group, group
exercet Dīāna chorōs, quam mīlle secūtae
Diana leads her dancers, with whom are gathered a thousand mountain-nymphs following her left and right. (See: Diana (mythology); Oread.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.499–500
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
in orbem volvōglomerō -āre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 12
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | glomerō | glomerābam | glomerābō | glomerāvī | glomerāveram | glomerāverō glomerārō |
| 2nd sg. | glomerās | glomerābās | glomerābis | glomerāvistī glomerāstī | glomerāverās glomerārās | glomerāveris |
| 3rd sg. | glomerat | glomerābat | glomerābit | glomerāvit | glomerāverat glomerārat | glomerāverit glomerārit |
| 1st pl. | glomerāmus | glomerābāmus | glomerābimus | glomerāvimus | glomerāverāmus | glomerāverimus glomerārimus |
| 2nd pl. | glomerātis | glomerābātis | glomerābitis | glomerāvistis glomerāstis | glomerāverātis glomerārātis | glomerāveritis glomerāritis |
| 3rd pl. | glomerant | glomerābant | glomerābunt | glomerāvērunt glomerāvēre, glomerārunt | glomerāverant glomerārant | glomerāverint glomerārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | glomerem | glomerārem | glomerāverim glomerārim | glomerāvissem glomerāssem |
| 2nd sg. | glomerēs | glomerārēs | glomerāverīs | glomerāvissēs glomerāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | glomeret | glomerāret | glomerāverit glomerārit | glomerāvisset glomerāsset |
| 1st pl. | glomerēmus | glomerārēmus | glomerāverīmus glomerārīmus | glomerāvissēmus glomerāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | glomerētis | glomerārētis | glomerāverītis glomerārītis | glomerāvissētis glomerāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | glomerent | glomerārent | glomerāverint glomerārint | glomerāvissent glomerāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | glomeror | glomerābar | glomerābor |
| 2nd sg. | glomerāris glomerāre | glomerābāris glomerābāre | glomerāberis glomerābere |
| 3rd sg. | glomerātur | glomerābātur | glomerābitur |
| 1st pl. | glomerāmur | glomerābāmur | glomerābimur |
| 2nd pl. | glomerāminī | glomerābāminī | glomerābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | glomerantur | glomerābantur | glomerābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | glomerer | glomerārer |
| 2nd sg. | glomerēris glomerēre | glomerārēris glomerārēre |
| 3rd sg. | glomerētur | glomerārētur |
| 1st pl. | glomerēmur | glomerārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | glomerēminī | glomerārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | glomerentur | glomerārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | glomerā | glomerāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | glomerāte | glomerāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | glomerātō | glomerātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | glomerātō | glomerātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | glomerātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | glomerantō | glomerantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | glomerāre | glomerārī |
| perfect infinitive | glomerāvisse glomerāsse | glomerātum esse |
| future infinitive | glomerātūrum esse | glomerātum īrī |
| present participle | glomerāns glomerante, glomerantem, glomerantēs, glomerantī, glomerantia, glomerantibus, glomerantis, glomerantīs, glomerantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | glomerātus glomerāta, glomerātā, glomerātae, glomerātam, glomerātārum, glomerātās, glomerātī, glomerātōrum, glomerātōs |
| future participle | glomerātūrus glomerātūra, glomerātūrā, glomerātūrae, glomerātūram, glomerātūrārum, glomerātūrās, glomerātūre, glomerātūrī, glomerātūrīs, glomerātūrō, glomerātūrōrum, glomerātūrōs, glomerātūrum | glomerandus glomeranda, glomerandā, glomerandae, glomerandam, glomerandārum, glomerandās, glomerande, glomerandīs, glomerandōrum, glomerandōs |
gerundglomerandī, glomerandō, glomerandumsupineglomerātum, glomerātū
glŏmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. glomus,
I. to wind or form into a ball, gather into a round heap, to conglobate, glomerate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.:
lanam in orbes, Ov. M. 6, 19: sic terram deus, ne non aequalis ab omni Parte foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis, id. ib. 1, 35; 9, 222: Eae (offae) maxime glomerantur ex ficis et farre mixto, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 4: ubi venae inter se implicatae glomerantur, Cels. 7, 22; so, glomerata viscera, Ov. M. 8, 401: atra favilla volat glomerataque corpus in unum Densatur, id. ib. 13, 604: frusta mero glomerata vomentem, id. ib. 14, 212; cf. Verg. A. 3, 577: cum grandinem venti glomeratam in terras agunt, Liv. 1, 31, 2: glomeratae turbine nives, Sil. 3, 523: glomeratus pulvis, Luc. 6, 296: (Lapithae) equitem docuere sub armis Insultare solo et gressus glomerare superbos, i. e. to make a horse bring his feet together, make him prance (trot or amble), Verg. G. 3, 117; cf. Macr. S. 6, 9, 8 sqq., and v. glomeratio.—B. Transf., to gather into a round heap or knot, to collect, press, crowd, assemble together:
agmina cervi Pulverulenta fuga glomerant, Verg. A. 4, 155: glomerare manum bello, id. ib. 2, 315: dum se glomerant retroque residunt, id. ib. 9, 539: legiones in testudinem glomerabantur, Tac. H. 3, 31: collecti Troes glomerantur eodem, Verg. A. 9, 689; cf. id. ib. 440: apes mixtae glomerantur in orbem, id. G. 4, 79; Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64: ad terram gurgite ab alto Quam multae glomerantur aves, Verg. A. 6, 311; cf. Plin. 9, 22, 38, § 75: foedam tempestatem, Verg. G. 1, 323; cf.: fumiferam noctem, id. A. 8, 254: semina vocis glomerata, Lucr. 3, 497; cf. ib. 541.—II. Trop.: omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus, qs. revolving, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 19: haec vetusta, saeclis glomerata horridis, Luctifica clades nostro infixa est corpori, accumulated, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 25:
glomerare simul fas et nefas, Prud. Cath. 3, 134.— Hence, * adv.: glŏmĕrāte: quis oratorum densata glomeratius aut dixit aut cogitavit? more succinctly, Aus. Grat. Act. 29.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
glomerō āvī, ātus, āre
glomus, to wind into a ball, gather up, roll together, collect : lanam in orbes, O.: terram speciem in orbis, O.: grando glomerata, L.: equitem docuere gressūs glomerare, superbos, i. e. make the horse prance , V.— To gather together, make a knot of, collect, crowd, assemble : agmina fugā, V.: apes glomerantur in orbem, V. — To make by gathering, collect, make up, produce : manum bello, V.: tempestatem, V.: noctem, V.— Fig., to roll up, gather, accumulate : Omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus, C. poët.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin glomerō From glomus, glomeris (“a roughly spherical mass”) + -ō.
Descendants
- Italianghiomerare
In English words that came into English from glomerō
- conglomerateconglomerātus
- agglomerateagglomerātus
- glomerateglomerātus