adhaereo

adhaereo
ăd-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cleave or stick to a thing.
I.
Lit., of iron adhering to a magnet:

unus ubi ex uno dependet, subter adhaerens,

 Lucr. 6, 914; cf. id. 3, 557: tota adhaerens (lingua) crocodilis, cleaving to his palate, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 171.—With in and abl.:

tela in tuis visceribus,

 Cic. Vatin. 5, 13; so Ov. M. 4, 693.—With acc.:

cratera et corvus adhaeret,

 Cic. Arat. 541 (so Tert.: humerum, de Pall. 5).—With abl.:

fronte cuspis,

 Ov. M. 5, 38.—With dat., poet.:

tonsis (ovibus) illotus sudor,

 Verg. G. 3, 443:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

 Hor. Sat. 2, 4, 80;

and in later prose: navis ancoris,

 is fastened to them, Tac. A. 2, 23:

stativis castris,

 id. ib. 3, 21; and:

jumento,

 to stick to, Gell. 20, 1.—
II.
Fig.
A.
In gen., to cling to, adhere to:

adhaesit homini ad intimum ventrem fames,

 Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 83;

and of fawning adherence to one,

 id. As. 1, 3, 59:

cui canis ex vero dictum cognomen adhaeret,

 adheres, Hor. S. 2, 2, 56:

nulli fortunae adhaerebat animus, i. e. inconstans fuit,

 Liv. 41, 20:

obsidioni fortiter adhaerentes,

 Amm. 19, 3.—
B.
Adhaerere alicui, to be close to a person or thing, to be near, to hang on, keep close to, etc. (mostly post-Cic., esp. in the histt.):

vineis modica silva adhaerebat,

 was close to it, adjoined it, Tac. H. 2, 25; so Amm. 18, 2.—Of persons: procul abesse Romanos: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, i. e. he (the King of Macedon) hangs on them, threatens them by his nearness, Liv. 39, 25:

nec umquam non adhaerentes,

 and never departing from his side, Suet. Galb. 14:

comitem perpetuo alicui adhaerere,

 Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 51:

tempus adhaerens,

 the time in hand, just the present time, Quint. 5, 10, 46:

obvio quoque adhaerente,

 while each one adhered to him, Suet. Oth. 6;

and so trop.: adhaeret altissimis invidia,

 Vell. 1, 9.—
C.
To hang on a thing, i. e. to trail or drag after, to be the last, sarcastically in Cic.: tenesne memoriā te extremum adhaesisse? hung on the end, i. e. extremo loco quaestorem esse factum, Vat. 5 (cf. haerere, Liv. 5, 2 fin., and Gron. ad h. l.);

and without sarcasm,

 Curt. 10, 5, 19.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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