To come or go togither: to assemble: to ioyne to: to drawe togither: to gather togither: to do the act of generation. Coire & Dissoltare, contraria. Lucret. In aliquem locum coire. Cic. In idem coire. Sen. Coire in vnum. Virg. To gather togither. Immitia placidis coeunt. Horat. The wilde ioyne togither with the tame. Milia crabronum coeunt. Ouid. Swarme togither. Par pari coeat, iungatúrque. Horat. Let euery one associate and ioyne himselfe with his equall. Coit pus. Cels. The matter gathereth togither. Coit gelidus formidine sanguis. Virgil. The bloud through feare runneth into the harte. Terra coit frigore. Lucret. Shrinketh. Vndæ coeunt. Stat. Coeunt verba. Propert. They talke togither. Coeunt inter se. Cæs. Pectinatim coire. Vide Pectinatim in PECTEN. Cornua lunæ coeunt. Ouid. The moone groweth toward the full. Coire, pro Glutinari. Cels. To grow togither. Arteria incisa, neque coit, neque sanescit. Groweth not togither. Cicatrix coit. Plautus. The wounde closeth or groweth togither. Vulnera coeunt. Ouid. Idem. Coire in densitatem. Plinius. In growing togither to ware thicke. Coire in membra. Propert. To grow togither in partes or members. Facies in monstrum coit. Sen. Groweth to the facion of a monster. Gratia non coit. Horat. Friendship or attonement ioyneth not. Coire cum aliquo. Cic. To alye or associate himselfe. Coire in fœdera. Virg. To make altaunce or league. Societatem cum aliquo coire. Cic. To associate or be familiar with. Societatem coire & Dirimere, contratia. Ci. Societatem ad emendum coire. Papin. Aut. Ad rem aliquam. Mart. To couple or ioyne himselfe with one to buy or do any thing. Coire socieratem de re aliqua. Cic. Idem. Ex partibus socieratem coire. Cels. In rem certam emendam, aut conducendam coire societatem. Vlp. To alye with one, to buy, &c. In rempus societatem coire. Vlp. To alye for a time. Ea conditione coeunt societatem. Pompon. Societatem alicuius rei coire cum aliquo. Cic. To associate or accompany one in doing or hauing any thing. Societatem omnium bonorum coire. Paul. To be partener within all his goodes.

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,

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.