stipo

stīpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [stephô, to surround, crowd upon, stemma, stephanos; cf.: stipator, stipulor], to crowd or press together, to compress (class.; esp. of personal objects, and in part. perf.; cf.: comprimo, compono).

I.

Lit.:

qui acceperant majorem numerum (assium), non in arcā ponebant, sed in aliquā cellā stipabant, id est componebant, quo minus loci occuparet,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

ingens argentum,

Verg. A. 3, 465:

apes mella Stipant,

id. G. 4, 164; id. A. 1, 433:

materies stipata,

Lucr. 1, 345:

nec tamen undique corporea stipata tenentur omnia naturā,

id. 1, 329; cf. id. 2, 294; 1, 611; 1, 664:

Graeci stipati, quini in lectulis, saepe plures,

Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

velut stipata phalanx,

Liv. 33, 18:

ita in arto stipatae erant naves, ut, etc.,

id. 26, 39:

fratrum stipata cohors,

Verg. A. 10, 328.— Poet.: stipare Platona Menandro, i. e. to pack up together the works of Plato, Menander, etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 11:

custodum gregibus circa seu stipat euntem,

closely surrounds her with, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 13; cf.

mid.: cuncta praecipiti stipantur saecula cursu,

throng, crowd, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 311.—

II.

Transf., to press, cram, stuff, or fill full of any thing:

ut pontes calonibus et impedimentis stipatos reperit,

Suet. Calig. 51:

hos (poëtas) ediscit et hos arcto stipata theatro Spectat Roma,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60; cf.:

curia cum patribus fuerit stipata,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 143:

multo Patrum stipatur curia coetu,

Sil. 11, 503:

recessus equi,

Petr. 89:

tribunal,

Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 4:

calathos prunis,

Col. 10, 405:

nucein sulfure,

Flor. 3, 19:

calceum,

Tert. Virg. Vel. 12:

tectum omne,

App. M. 3, p. 130, 13.—

B.

With a personal object, of a dense crowd, to surround, encompass, environ, attend, accompany, [p. 1761] etc. (syn.:

comitor, prosequor): Catilina stipatus choro juventutis, vallatus indicibus atque sicariis,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

qui stipatus semper sicariis, saeptus armatis, munitus indicibus fuit,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

stipati gregibus amicorum,

id. Att. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. Mil. 1, 1:

telis stipati,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 17:

qui senatum stiparit armatis,

id. ib. 3, 12, 31:

stipatus lictoribus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

senectus stipata studiis juventutis,

id. Sen. 9, 28:

comitum turba est stipata suarum,

Ov. M. 3, 186:

juventus stipat ducem,

Val. Fl. 7, 557; Plin. Pan. 23; Capitol. Max. et Balb. 13.— Absol.:

magnă stipante catervă,

Verg. A. 4, 136; Liv. 42, 39:

huc coetus ministrūm stipantur,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 87. —Hence, * stīpātus, a, um, P. a., begirt, surrounded:

ab omni ordine, sexu, aetate stipatissimus,

Sid. Ep. 3, 2.