cohaereo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ haereō (cleave, cling).

Pronunciation

Verb

cohaereō (present infinitive cohaerēre, perfect active cohaesī, supine cohaesum); second conjugation, no passive

  1. to cling, cleave or stick cling (closely) together; to be united, cohere, adhere
  2. to be composed of, consist of or in
  3. (of persons) to be near, close or united
  4. (in discourse) to be closely connected, belong together
  5. (in thought) to be consistent (with), agree (together), to be in agreement (with), harmonize (with)
  6. to hold oneself together, maintain oneself, remain, exist
  7. to be in contact with or contiguous to

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: cohere, cohesure
  • Portuguese: coerir

References

  • cohaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cohaereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cohaereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be closely connected with a thing: cohaerere, coniunctum esse cum aliqua re
    • to be very intimately related: apte (aptissime) cohaerere