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globo

glŏbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [globus], to make into a ball, to make round or spherical (post-Aug. and perh. only pass. and mid.).
  • I Lit.: dependentes ubique guttae parvis globantur orbibus, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163; 18, 13, 34, § 130: formam mundi in speciem orbis absoluti globatam esse, id. 2, 2, 2, § 5.—
  • II Transf., to form into a body or crowd, to crowd together: si ante exortum solis nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344; 11, 17, 17, § 53; cf.: coturnices globatae vehementius properant, Sol. 11 med.

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