Grex, huius gregis, m. g. Ouid.A flocke: a route or companie: a baude of men.Grex armentorum.Cic.An hearde.Auium grex. Horat. A flocke.Grex equarum.Cic.An hearde.Hœdorum grex.Virg.Ouillus grex.Liu.A flocke of sheepe.Pauonum grex. Varro. Pecorum greges.Ouid.Grex venaltum.Plaut.A tompany of staues.Buceriæ greges. Lucr. Vide Bos. Magnus grex.Virg.Grex atmentitius. Varro. Milliarius grex. Varro. Vide Milliarius in MILLE. Lanigeros agitare greges.Virg.To keepe sheepe.Cædere greges.Cic. Vide CAEDO. Compellere greges in vnum.Virg.To driue the flockes togither. Custos gregis.Virg.A sheepehearde.Dux gregis, pro Tauro.Ouid.A buil. Grex bominum.Terent.A coute or companie of men.Virorum grex. Sil. Amicorum.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
grex, grĕgis, m. (fem., Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 72 P.; Lucr. 2, 662; Inscr. ap. Maff. Mus. Veron. 127, 4) [Sanscr. root jar-, come together; Gr. a)gei/rw, a)gora/], a flock, herd, drove, swarm (cf.: armentum, jumentum, pecus). I.Lit., of animals: pecudes dispulsae sui generis sequuntur greges, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 7; cf.: greges armentorum reliquique pecoris, id. Phil. 3, 12, 31: nobilissimarum equarum, id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, 20: asinorum, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2: lanigeri, Verg. G. 3, 287: vir gregis ipse caper, id. E. 7, 7; cf.: dux gregis, i. e.
a bull
, Ov. A. A. 1, 326: elephantorum, Plin. 5, 1, 1, 5: porcorum, Juv. 2, 80: pavonum, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 2: anserum, id. ib. 3, 10, 1: anatum, id. ib. 3, 11, 1: avium, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 19.—Opp. to armenta, of small cattle: non ego sum pastor, non hic armenta gregesve, Ov. M. 1, 513; 4, 635; Tib. 1, 5, 28.—Prov.: grex totus in agris Unius scabie cadit, Juv. 2, 79. —II.Transf.A. Of a number of persons, in a good or bad sense, a company, society, troop, band, crowd.1. In gen.: in hunc igitur gregem P. Sullam ex his honestissimorum hominum gregibus reicietis?Cic. Sull. 28, 77: amicorum, id. Att. 1, 18, 1; cf.: scribe tui gregis hunc, i. e.
receive him into the number of your friends
, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13: philosophorum, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42: ille virorum (of the Fabians), Sil. 7, 58: Cethegus libertos suos orabat, uti grege facto cum telis ad se irrumperent, i. e.
in a body
, Sall. C. 50, 2; id. J. 58, 3: quos respexit rex grege facto venientes, Liv. 8, 24, 13: ne servi quidem uno grege profugiunt dominos, i. e.
all together
, Curt. 10, 2, 12: ego forsitan propter multitudinem patronorum in grege annumerer, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 89: Epicuri de grege porcus, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 16: grex contaminatus turpium virorum, id. C. 1, 37, 9: venalium, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 67: indocilis, Hor. Epod. 16, 37: cum populum gregibus comitum premit spoliator, Juv. 1, 46.—2. In partic., of players or charioteers, a company, troop, band: si voltis adplaudere hunc gregem et fabulam, Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 33; id. Cas. prol. 22; Ter. Heaut. prol. 45; id. Phorm. prol. 32; Petr. 80; Inscr. Grut. 1024, 5; Inscr. ap. Marin. Frat. Arv. p. 257.—B. Of things (very rare): virgarum,