strike together

strike together:

A. Trans.:

1. collīdo, si, sum, 3: to s. the hands together, c. manus (v. also TO CLAP). Also with inter se: the sea s.s ships together, mare inter se navigia collidit based on Curt. 4, 3, post med.

2. concūtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (prop. to shake together): to s. arms together so as to clash, crepitantia c. arma, Ov. M. 1, 143. Phr.: cymbals struck together, aera repulsa, Tib. 1, 3, 24.

B. Intrans.: conflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (with inter se): ships struck together (or one another), naves inter se conflixerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, ad fin. Or may be expr. by pass. of verbs given under (A.), with or without inter se.