I.in flocks, herds, or swarms.
I. Lit., of animals: “haec facienda, si gregatim pecora laborant: illa deinceps, si singula,” Col. 6, 5 fin.: “apes rempublicam habent, consilia privatim ac duces gregatim,” Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11: “elephanti gregatim semper ingrediuntur,” id. 8, 5, 5, § 11; 9, 15, 18, § 47.—
II. Transf., in troops or crowds: “videtis cives Romanos gregatim conjectos in lautumias,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 148; Just. 13, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89: “accidit, ut nova contra genera morborum gregatim sentirentur,” i. e. among the common people, id. 26, 1, 3, § 4.