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Congregari. Tac., Ann. i. 13. Ut non egredi, congregari inter se, vix tutari signa possent. The inter se seems to be pleonastic. Cic., De Senect. 3. Cf. also: Pares cum paribus facillime congregantur. Like with like most easily associate. This verb is admitted by Madvig (§ 222) as a reflexive verb. Consuli. Liv., ii. 29, 5. Senatus, tumultuose vocatus, tumultuosius consulitur. The Senate was summoned in confusion, and in greater confusion deliberates. This seems to be an occasional use of consuli in this context. Cf. Liv. xxii. 60, 2. Copulari. Pl., Aul. 116. Adsistunt, consistunt, copulantur dexteras. Wagner in loco says this verb is used as deponent only in this place; but there seems to be a parallel passage in Martial xii. 43, 8: Quo symplegmate quinque copulentur (sensu obscaeno). Dari. Liv., v. 21, 24. Dedi inde inermes coepti. Whereupon the unarmed folk began to yield (Phil. Holland). Liv., v. 48, 7. Vel dedi vel redimi se quacunque pactione possent jussit. He bade them either surrender or ransom themselves on any condition possible. Notice the reflective pronoun here redundant; redimi means “get themselves ransomed.” Liv., iii. 35, 5. Collegae quoque qui unice illi dediti fuerant ad id tempus. Liv., ix. 8, 6. Dedamur per fetiales nudi vinctique. Liv., ix. 11, 10. Ego vero istos quos dedi simulatis, nec accipio nec dedi arbitror. Liv., i. 32 (an old formula). Si injuste impieque illos homines, illasque res, dedier mihi exposco. There may be zeugma, here. Seeley, loc. cit., makes no comment.