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debtors were summoned, and probably pun¬ 
ished ; a sort of pillar of infamy, wliip- 
pinrr-post, pillory. Cic. — Hence, Cic. 
Adfiajrescere ad columnam (sc. M®ni- 
am), to be stuck to this pillar, h. e. not to 
o-et away from it without disgrace. 
It Column® Ilerculis, the pillars of Her¬ 
cules, h. e. two mountains on the straits of 
Gibraltar, Calpe in Europe, and Abyla 
t 7 i Africa. Plin. and Mela. -If Protei 
Column® (h. c. fines), the boundaries of 
Egypt, where Proteus reigned (in refer¬ 
ence to the ancient custom of marking 
boundaries by pillars). - If Figur. 
Horat. Injurioso ne pede proruas stan- 
tem columnam, the standing column, h. e. 
the secure, prosperous state. - IT Al¬ 
so, water falling from the clouds in a 
body; a spout, waterspout. Lucret. - 
IT Also, a kind of fiery pillar appearing 
in the heavens. Sense. -IT Also, for 
mentula. Martial. 
C6L0MNARIS (columna), e, adj. Pru- 
3 dent. Luce columnar!, li. c. of the pillar 
of fire, in the wilderness. 
CCiLuMNaRIUM (Id.), ii, n. a tribute that 
was imposed upon every pillar that sup¬ 
ported the house. Cic. 
CSLOMNARIOS (Id.), ii, m. perhaps a 
1 dishonest debtor dr bankrupt, &cc., such as 
was prosecuted at the columna M®nia, 
where slaves and thieves were punished. 
Cal. ad Cic. 
CSLuMNATIS (Id.), onis, f. a supporting 
3 by pillars, a colonnade, series or range of 
pillars. Apul. 
COLuMNATOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. pro- 
3 vided with, or supported by pillars. Varr. 
_ IT Plaut. Columnatum os, li. e. 
supported by the arm. 
COLUMNELLA. See Columella. 
CSLuMNIFER (columna & fero), a, um, 
3 adject. Prudent. Columniferum radium, 
h. e. the fiery column in the wilderness. 
OSLORI (KdXoupoi), 6mm, m. the Colures, 
3 two imaginary circles in the heavens (the 
solstitial and equinoctial), passing through 
the poles, and intersecting each other at 
right angles. Macrob. 
C5LuRrX° (koXovoos, cauda mutilus) 
orum, n. pilasters; a sort of mutilated 
columns, not having the ornaments on the 
top. Sidon. rotundata, li. e. made of cir¬ 
cular stones placed on one another. 
CSLuRNOS (for corulnus, from corulus), 
3 a, um, adj. of the hazel-tree. Virg. In 
verubus colurnis. 
COLuROS (KoXovpos), a, um, adj. without 
3 a tail. — Hence, Plot, de Metris. Colu- 
rum metrum, h. e. wanting a foot, a 
fool too short. 
COLSS, i, and CijLOS, us, f. a distaff, rock, 
2 yXaicdrri. Cic. and Virg. — Also, the 
wool itself. Sencc. Colos, quas nevere. 
— A distaff is assigned to the Fates 
(Parc®), from which they spin ofT the 
fate and life of men. Ovid. Stabat va¬ 
cua jam tibi Parca colo, li. e. you were 
soon to die. -IT Catull. 63. 311. (ac¬ 
cording to some edd.) has colus, masc. 
COLUSTRA. See Colostra. 
COLuTHEX (KoXvria, ap. Theophrnst.), 
orum, n. perhaps fruits from the colutea 
(laburnum, according to some). Plaut. 
CQLyMBXDES (Ko\vp/3aSey)o\\vx,pickled 
olives; as if swimming in the brine. Plin. 
COLyMBOS (K6\vpfJos) i, m. a place to 
3 swim in ; a fish-pond. Lamprid. _ 
C5MX (Kbpri), ffi, f. the hair of the head, 
particularly when long, flowing, uncut. 
Cic. calamistrata. Id. Madenti coma, 
composito capillo. Acc. ap. Cic. Scin- 
dens comain. Quintil. in gradus fran- 
gere, h. e. so to dress the hair that one 
lock is above another, and thus to give it 
the appearance of steps. Ovid, induere, 
to put up. Sencc. Solvere comas, et 
rursus fingere, to form, fashion, Adjust. 
Odd. componere. Propert. Demissis 
comis plangere pectora. — Also, of ani¬ 
mals, Gell. Com® cervicum, h. e. the 
mane. Stat, Gale® tremunt horrore co- 
marum, h. e. of the crests, made of hair. 
_Hence, of sheep, Poet. ap. Cic. Aurea 
(agni) coma, wool, fleece. — Hence, the 
hair, wool, or down upon parchment. Ti- 
bull. - IT Also, figur. the foliage of 
trees. Ilorat. Coma nemorum. Ovid. 
Arboreas comas. Id. populeas comas. 
_Also, of plants, a sort of head or tuft. 
Plin Millii com®. Id. Coma c®pe. 
Ovid. Papavereas comas, h. e. poppy 
heads or blossoms. -IT Also, of the 
earth, the herbage, flowers; crop, harvest. 
Colum. Telluris comas aptate canistris. 
Ovid. Falce subsecuit comas. —— IT Al¬ 
so, the beams or rays, streaming light, of 
the sun, of torches^ *&c. Senec. Coma 
ignis. Catull. Faces splendidas quati- 
unt comas. Senec. Coma Phoebi. 
COMXCUM, for Camacum._ 3 
COMaGeNe, or CoMMaGeNe, es, f. 
Kopayrivii, and Koppayrjvi], a region of 
Syria. Plin. -*f Also, a plant, grow¬ 
ing in this country. Plin. -IT Hence, 
Comagenus, or Commagenus, a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to Comagena. Ju¬ 
venal. and Plin. — Comageni, orum, 
its inhabitants. Plin. — Comagenum 
inedicamentum, invented by the Comagc- 
nians, and made of goose-fat, cinnamon, 
cassia, white pepper, and comagene. Plin. 
and Pandect. 
COMANX, orum, ra Kdpava, a city of 
Cappadocia, where was a splendid temple 
of Bellona. Plin. -IT Also, a city of 
Pon tus. Plin. 
CSMANS (coma), antis, adj. having long 
2 or bushy hair, with flowing hair, Kopyrru. 
Used in the various senses of coma. 
. Valer. Flacc. Comanti ore facem supra, 
h. e. with his hair over his face. Virg. 
Comantes (leonis) toros, li. e. furnished 
with a mane. Plin. Equ® comantes. 
Valor. Flacc. Silv® comantes, leafy. 
Stat. Comans humus, li. e. grassy. Virg. 
Sera comans narcissus, flowering late. 
Id. flore comans. Plin. Foliis comanti- 
bus. Virg. Galea comans, li. c. crested, 
plumed. Id. Cristas comantes, flowing 
plumes. Ovid. Stella comans, h. e. a 
comet. Valor. Flacc. Astro comantes 
Tyndarid®, h. e. with a bright and starry 
apex on their heads. Sil. Pinum flamma 
comantem, h. c. streaming with flame. 
-IT Also, hairy, shaggy, bristly. Va¬ 
ler. Flacc. Alta comantem pectora. 
Virg. Set® comantes hircorum. Valer. 
Flacc. Pellis comans villis. 
CoMaRCIIOS (Kibpapxos), h m. a prefect 
3 of a viUaire, burgomaster. Plaut. 
CSMXROI? (xbpapov), i, n. the fruit of the 
arbutc-trce. Plin. -IT Also, the straw¬ 
berry plant, called also fraguni. Apul. 
COMAToRIOS (coma), a, um, adject. 
3 Petron. Acu comatoria, a crisping pin. 
CSMATOS (Id.), a, um, adj. with long or 
2 bushy hair, Kopfirys. Sueton. Pulchros 
et coinatos deturpabat. Martial . Co- 
mata tempora. Id. O quantum diathe- 
ca valent, et quinque comati, h. e. pueri 
intonsi. Plin. Comata Gallia, and Lu¬ 
can. absol. Comata, h. e. Transalpine 
Gaul (except Narboncnsis, which was 
called Bracata ) ; because the inhabit¬ 
ants had long hair.- IT Catull. Co¬ 
mata silva, h. c. frondosa, leafy. 
CoMBIBS (con & bibo), is, Tbi, Itum, a. 
3. to drink, or drink up, eKirivw, avp-nivco. 
Ovid. Et cogor lacrymas combibere ipse 
meas. - if Also, to drink together. 
Senec. Ad artem aque combibendi et 
convivandi peritissimus. —— IT Also, 
to drink up, drink or suck in, draw to 
itself, imbibe, absorb. Horat. Tractare 
serpentes ut atrum Corpore combiberet 
venenum. Ovid. Sic coinbibitur Argo- 
licis ingens Erasinus in arvis, li. e. is 
absorbed. Plin. Utscrobes solem pluvi- 
asque combibant. Colum. Bacca salem 
^Smbibat. Id. Oleum testa combibit. 
••Stat. Cupressus flammas combibit. - 
IT Figur. Cic. Quas (artes) si, dum tener 
est, combiberit, ad majora veniet para- 
tior, if he shall have imbibed, or taken in. 
CoMBIBS (combibo), onis, m. apot-com- 
1 panion, avprbrqg. Cic. 
CoMBINS (con &- bini), as, avi, atum, a. 
3 1. to join two and two, combine, gevy- 
vvpt, ovvairrw, bina jungo, conjungo. 
Sidon. — Hence, Combinatus, a, um. 
Augustin. Ut forte combinati (sc. ipse et 
tres alii) spatiabantur, h. e. two and two. 
CoMBReTUM (unc.), i, n. an herb like 
ladifls-glove (bacchar). Plin. 
CO MB uLLI 8 (con & bullio), is, Ivi, Itum, 
3 n. 4. to boil together. Apic. 
CoMBuRS (con & uro), is, ussi, ustum, 
a. 3. to burn together, burn or consume 
utterly; to scorch, parch, or dry up, ervp- 
<t>\eyo}, cuxpfiSa). Plaut. Comburere 
®des. Cic. libros. Id. aliquem vivum. 
162 
Plant. Nimius calor comburebat guttu. 
rem. — Hence, Combustum, i, n. a burn 
or scald. Scrib. Larg. and Plin. -. 
IT Figur. Q. Cic. Comburere aliquem 
judicio. Plaut. diem, h. c. to burn the 
day (as dead); to pass away jovially. 
Prop. Semela (Jupiter) est combustus, 
est deperditus, h. e. is inflamed with love, 
enamored. 
CoMBuSTIS (comburo), onis, f. a bum- 
3 ins, consuming. Firmic. 
COMBuSTuRX (Id.), ®, f. a burning, 
3 scorching, parching ; combustion, and/cav- 
pa. Apic. Ne fundum tangat, propter 
combusturam. JEmil. Macer. Combus- 
turis subvenit ignis. 
COMBUSTUS, a, um, particip. from 
Comburo; which see. 
COMe (sbpri), es, f. the herb goat’s-beard. 
Plin. -if Also, with a long penult, 
* a (Grecian) village, hamlet, Kdipy. Liv. 
C5MED5 (con & edo), is, Sdi, esum & 
3 estum, a. 3. to eat, eat up, (pay co, icS'uo 
Cic. Te muse® comedissent. Terent. 
Quid comedent ? quid ebibent ? -- 
IT Often, to consume or squander in glut¬ 
tony, eat up, waste, dissipate. Cic. Co 
medere rem familiarem, xarupayeXv 
rhv ovaiav. Id. patriinonium. Id. bo¬ 
na sua. Id. Potes mulo isto, cum can- 
therium comedisti, R6mam pervehi, the 
gelding, h. e. the money for him. Id. 
beneficia alicujus, h. e. what has been re¬ 
ceived by way of benefit. — So, of persons, 
Terent. (spoken by a parasite) Hunc 
comedendum et deridendum vobis pro- 
pino, to be sponged, ruined, eaten out; 
(or, in this place, to be carped at, cut with 
words). Plaut. Comedere aliquem ab- 
sentern. Id. se, h. e. to waste or pine 
away (with care). So, Juvenal. Nobili¬ 
tas comesa, h. e. pillaged, plundered. - 
IT Martial. Pueros oculis comedit, li. e. 
devoured with his eyes. -IT Comcdim, 
is, it, for comedam, as, at. Plaut. - 
IT This verb takes also those personal 
endings of sum, which begin with es; 
as, comesset, comesse, comes, earnest, &c. 
Cic. and Plaut. 
C0MED5 (comedo), onis, m. a prodigal, 
spendthrift, Karapaya;. Varr. and Ia t- 
cil. ap. Non. 
CoMeNSIS, e, adj. of, from or pertaining 
to Comum, a town of Insubria, near the 
Larian lake, now Como. Liv. ager. So, 
Plin. In Comensi, sc. agro. Id. lapis, 
h. e. lapis ollaris. Liv. Comenses, ium, 
the inhabitants. 
COMES (con & meo, which was original¬ 
ly of the third conj.), itis, m. and f. 
a companion, comrade, fellow; associate, 
attendant, audhovOos. Cic. Comes meus 
fuit illo miserrimo tempore. Cccs. Vic- 
toriffi Pompeii comitem. Cic. Vita 
socia virtus, mortis conies gloria fuisset. 
Id. Ars et doctrina comites ac ministr® 
sunt oratoris. Id. Multarum deliciarum 
comes est extrema saltatio. Id. Tua- 
rum actionum, sententiarum, volunta- 
tum socium comitemque. Id. Pr®bere 
se alicui comitem in ulciscendis inimi- 
cis. Id. Nec comitem illius furoris, sed 
ducem. Virg. Addere se comitem ali¬ 
cui. Cic. Adjungere se comitem fug® 
alicujus. Virg. Ire comitem alicui. 
Id. Mittere aliquem comitem alteri. 
Ovid. Dare aliquem alicui comitem. 
Id. Venire and esse comitem alicui. 
Cic. Comitem esse alicujus. Plaut. 
Habere aliquem comitem consiliis suis. 
Quintil. Dulcis secretorum comes. Plin. 
Profiteri se comitem Platonis, h. c. 
sectatorein, a follower, disciple. Ovid. 
Comitem negare, sc. se, not to be willing 
to go with one. -IT In particular, Co¬ 
mites, persoTis who accompany and taka 
care of youths ; tutors, pedagogues. Sue¬ 
ton. — Also, the retinue, attendants, &c. 
of a provincial governor. These were 
either without any particular charge, 
and sometimes called amici; or assigned 
to some definite duty. Cic. Hominera 
certum misi de comitibus meis. Horat. 
Albinovano comiti scrib®que Neronis. 
— So, figur. Plaut. Drusillanus, et co¬ 
mites ejus octo. -IT Hence, under 
the emperors, comites were higher offi¬ 
cers, ministers, overseers, superintendents, 
colonels of the body-guard (obs'equii co¬ 
mites), chief grooms of the stables (stabu- 
li comites), &c. Codd. Just, and Tkcod. 
