coeo

cŏ-ĕo, īvi or ii (e. g. coierunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

coiere,

Lucr. 6, 452; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. M. 4, 83 al.:

cŏĭisse,

Verg. A. 12, 709:

coisse,

Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8; Ov. F. 6, 94; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 5, 11, 35;

pedants preferred conire to coire,

Quint. 1, 6, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 69, and Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 137), ĭtum, īre, v. a. and n.

I.

To go or come together, to meet, assemble, collect together (so mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose); constr. absol., with ad aliquem, ad or in locum, more rar. in loco:

matronae ad Veturiam Volumniamque frequentes coëunt,

Liv. 2, 40, 1:

in porticum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

ad solitum locum,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

ad aliquem,

Curt. 7, 2, 21: Pharsaliam, * Cat. 64, 37:

quo (sc. in sedilia theatri) populus coibat,

Hor. A. P. 207:

in regiam,

Curt. 6, 8, 17:

in quem (locum) coibatur,

Tac. A. 4, 69:

apud aram ejus dei in cujus templo coiretur,

Suet. Aug. 35:

cum rege in insulā,

Vell. 2, 101, 1:

in foro,

Just. 5, 7, 6:

milia crabronum coeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 753; id. H. 7, 123 Loers.:

coivere amicis animis,

Curt. 8, 12, 9; 10, 3, 6:

agmina coibant,

id. 10, 9, 15; Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 27; 2, 52.—

b.

Poet.:

vix memini nobis verba coisse decem,

i. e. have passed between us, Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8.—

B.

Specif., to go or come together in a hostile manner, to encounter:

inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 709; cf. id. G. 4, 73; Ov. M. 3, 236; Luc. 2, 225; Manil. 4, 83; Val. Fl. 5, 635; Stat. Th. 16, 408.—

II.

Pregn., to form a whole by coming together, to be united into a whole, to unite, combine (the usu. class. signif.); constr. absol., with cum, or dat.

A.

Lit.

1.

Of living beings:

neque se conglobandi coëundique in unum datur spatium,

Liv. 6, 3, 6; so Verg. A. 9, 801; 10, 410:

ut vaga illa multitudo coiret in populos,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

qui una coierunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

reliqui (milites) coëunt inter se,

assemble, id. B. C. 1, 75; so Liv. 7, 37, 15:

in formam justi exercitūs,

Vell. 2, 61, 2:

ut coëat par Jungaturque pari,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.—

b.

Of the coition of the sexes (both of men and animals), to copulate, Lucr. 4, 1055; cf. Ov. M. 11, 744:

cum alienā uxore,

Quint. 7, 3, 10:

coisse eam cum viro,

id. 5, 9, 5:

dominum cum ancillā,

id. 5, 11, 35:

cum hospitibus stupro,

Curt. 5, 1, 37 al.:

privigno,

Ov. H. 4, 129:

simul binis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 17, 5:

sic et aves coëunt,

Ov. M. 9, 733; 10, 324; id. A. A. 2, 615; Col. 6, 27, 3 sq.; Ov. F. 3, 193 al.; cf., of marriage, [p. 359]

B.

b.. infra.—

2.

Transf., of things: membra. Ov. M. 4, 377; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 96: ignes coire globum quasi in unum, roll together, as into a ball, etc., Lucr. 5, 665; cf. id. 2, 563:

sanguenque creari Sanguinis inter se multis coëuntibu' guttis,

out of many little drops running together, id. 1, 838; cf.:

ut coëat lac,

to curdle, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4; Col. 12, 20, 4:

bitumen spissatur et in densitatem coit,

thickens, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178; cf.:

gelidus coit formidine sanguis,

Verg. A. 3, 30:

semina,

Lucr. 3, 395; cf. id. 1, 770; 5, 190; 5, 425:

tum digiti coëunt,

Ov. M. 2, 670; Quint. 11, 3, 21:

ut cornua tota coirent Efficerentque orbem,

Ov. M. 7, 179; cf. Verg. A. 11, 860:

palpebrae dormientis non coëunt,

do not close, Cels. 2, 8:

labris coëuntibus,

Quint. 8, 3, 45 et saep.:

perfectum quiddam fieri, cum omnia coierunt, necesse est,

id. 11, 3, 9; 9, 1, 9; 2, 19, 2; cf. id. 1, 5, 67:

quae littera cum quāque optime coëat,

id. 9, 4, 91:

ut placidis coëant immitia,

Hor. A. P. 12.—Of wounds, to close:

arteria incisa neque coit neque sanescit,

Cels. 2, 10; cf.:

potest os coire et vulnus sanescere,

id. 8, 10; so Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 41; 5, 2, 9; and poet.:

an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; Petr. 113, 8.—

B.

Trop., to unite for some object, in feeling, will, conclusions, etc., to join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally one ' s self:

Caesar cum eo coire per Arrium cogitat,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 11:

cum hoc tu coire ausus es, ut... addiceres, etc.,

id. Red. in Sen. 7, 16; id. Dom. 18, 47:

principes, quitum unā coierunt, quantum visum est agri adtribuunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22: heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeo (Piraeum ap. Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10), Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1 (consensimus ac pepigimus, Don.):

duodecim adulescentuli coierunt ex his, qui exsilio erant multati, etc.,

conspired together, Nep. Pelop. 2, 3; cf.:

sed neque cum quoquam de eā re collocuturum neque coiturum: sic, ille consensionis globus hujus unius dissensione disjectus est,

id. Att. 8, 4:

patricii coiere et interregem creavere,

Liv. 4, 7, 7:

mos est regibus, quotiens in societatem coëant, implicare dextras, etc.,

Tac. A. 12, 47; hence poet.:

coëant in foedera dextrae,

Verg. A. 11, 292; Tac. H. 3, 12:

ad nullius non facinoris societatem coibant,

Suet. Aug. 32; and, like this, with changed construction.—

b.

Esp. of the marriage contract ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); cf.:

taedae quoque jure coissent,

Ov. M. 4, 60:

conubio,

Curt. 8, 1, 9:

nuptiis,

id. 9, 1, 26; Quint. 5, 11, 32:

matrimonio,

Dig. 24, 1, 27:

in matrimonium,

ib. 45, 1, 134; cf.:

hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum,

i. e. in the marriage of Æneas with Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 317.—

2.

Act.: coire societatem ( cum aliquo or absol. ), to enter into an alliance, to make a compact, form a league (with some one;

several times in Cic.): utinam, Pompei, cum Caesare societatem aut numquam coisses aut numquam diremisses!

Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24; Nep. Con. 2, 2:

societatem sceleris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

de municipis fortunis,

id. ib. 31, 87; Dig. 17, 2, 65, § 10:

qui societatem in tempus coiit,

ib. 17, 2, 65, § 6.—

3.

Pass.:

ad eam rem societas coitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

ad coëundam societatem,

id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; so Gell. 1, 9 fin.:

si unius rei societas coita sit,

Dig. 17, 2, 65 init.; cf. ib. 17, 2, 65, §§ 2, 9, 10, 15.