Consuo, cónsuis, pen. cor. cónsui, consûtum, pen. prod. consúere. Plin. To some or patch togither.Consuere dolos.Plaut.To imagine deceite.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
con-sŭo, sŭi, sūtum, 3, v. a.I.To sew, stitch, or join together (very rare; mostly ante- and post-class.). A. Prop.: tunicam, Varr. L. L. 9, 79 Müll.: lumbulos, Apic. 7, 8; 7, 2; 8, 7.—B.Trop.: consuere dolos, to devise, plan, plot: consutis dolis, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211; id. Ps. 1, 5, 126: os, i. e.
to forbid to speak
, Sen. Ep. 47, 4.— II. In gen.: consuere aliquid aliquā re, to stuff, stop up, fill with something: pinacothecas veteribus tabulis, Plin. 35, 2, 2, 4. —Hence, consūtum, i, n., a garment stitched together, Gai Inst. 3, 192.