congestĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
a bringing together; hence, a heaping up, accumulation (rare and not ante-Aug.).
I.
In abstr.
A.
Prop.: terrae, Vitr. 6, 8, 5; Pall. Mart. 1, 4: stercorum, Pall. 1, 33, 1.—
B.
Trop.: enumerationis, Macr. S. 5, 15 fin.: honorum, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 22. —
II.
In concr., that which is heaped up, a heap, mass, pile, Dig. 19, 2, 57.