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COMeSSR (comedo), oris, m. an eater, 
3 aormandiier. Tertiill. and Pandect. 
COMEsSATIO, t See Comissatio &cc 
COMESSOR, &c. ] e _ omtssatlo > &c - 
COMeST&S, and COMeSOS, a, um, 
particip. from comedo. 
COMeTeS (Koppm), ae, m. a comet. Cic. 
and Virg. — Called also Sidus cumetes, 
Stella cometes. Tacit, and Justin. — Al¬ 
so, Cometa, ce , m. Senec. 
COMICe (comicus), adverb, comically, in 
1 a manner befitting comedy. Cic. 
CoMICOS (/tupi/co?), a, um, adj. relating 
to comedy, befitting comedy, comical, kio- 
picoSiKds, ad Comcediam pertinens. Ho¬ 
rat. res. Cic. artificium. Cws. ap. 
Sueton. virtus. Cic. adolescens, A. e. 
represented in a comedy. Id. Poeta 
comicus, or absoi. comicus, a comic po¬ 
et. Qidntil. Actor comicus, and Plaut. 
comicus (absoi.), a comic actor, a come¬ 
dian. Plaut. Aurum comicum, A. e. lu¬ 
pines, used, in acting comedies, for money. 
Plin. personae, masks used in comedy. 
Tcrtidl. Balneum comicum, A. e. facti¬ 
tious, not genuine. 
CO.liiNIA. See Colminiana. 
CO-'IINOS, or CoMMINOS (con & ma- 
nus), nigh at hand ; hand to hand, in 
close combat, cyyvOcv. Cic. Nec eminus 
hastis, aut cominus gladiis uteretur. 
Odd. de fratribus unum Cominus ense 
ferit: jaculo cadit eminus ipse. Cic. 
Nunc coininus agamus, let us come 
to close combat. Id. Pugnare comi- 
nus in acie cum hoste. Ovid, aggredi 
aliquem. Id. ire in aliquem, to attack. 
Lie. gladio rem gerere. Cic. Video 
utrumque cominus ictu cecidisse con- 
trario. Id. Qui me epistola petivit, ad 
te, ut video, cominus accessit. Plin. 
insidiari alicui. Catull. Quercus radi- 
cibus exturbata Prona cadit, lateque, et 
cominus obvia frangit, A. e. prope et 
longe. Plin. Sole cominus facto, A. e. 
propius accedente. Tacit, petere Me- 
sopotamiam. Plin. judicare aliquid. 
Ovid, aspicere aliquem Tacit, videre 
aliquid. Pandect. Recipere cominus 
pecuniam a debitore, in person. Gell. 
Exerceri in rebus cominus noscendis, 
periclitandisque. Propert. Cominus ire 
sues. Id. Cominus isse viro.-IT Al¬ 
so, sometimes, forthwith, presently, in¬ 
stantly. Virg. jactc qui semine comi¬ 
nus arva Insequitur.-If Cominius, 
compar., is found in Tertull. de came 
Christi, c. 21. 
C5MIS (unc.), e. adj. courteous, kind, hu¬ 
mane, gentle, mild, affable, complaisant, 
good-humored, gracious, obliging, conde¬ 
scending, indulgent, accessible, evwpocrfi- 
yopof, xpriard,. Cic. Comes, benigni, 
faciles, suaves homines. Id. Comem esse 
erga aliquem. Horat. in aliquem. Tacit. 
alicui. Cic. Quemquamne existimas 
Catone commodiorem, comiorem, mo- 
deratiorem fuisse ? Apul. Senex comis- 
simus. JVepos. Ingenium come. Tacit. 
sermo. Terent. animus. Ovid, oculi.- 
IT Also, favorably disposed to the fine arts. 
- -If Also, witty, and hence, pleasing, 
in speech and writing. Horat. — Also, 
finical, too studious of elegance. Plin. Ti¬ 
berius Caesar, minime comis Imperator. 
CoMISSaBuNDOS (comissor),a, um, adj. 
2 revelling, rioting, Kropaarijs. Liv. Temu- 
lento agmine comissabundus per Indiain 
incessit. Plin. Juvenes comissabundi. 
COMISSaTIS (id.), onis, f. a revelling, 
carousing, rioting, or making merry after 
supper, K(l>p o;. Liv. and Cic. 
CoMISSaToR (Id.), oris, m. a reveller af¬ 
ter stepper, a reveller, Kojpaarfis. Liv. and 
Cic. -If Figur. Martial. At nunc 
co.,viva est, comissatorque libellus, 
A. e. interest, et legitur in conviviis, et 
comissationibus. Cic. Comissatores 
conjurationis bartatuli juvenes (scorn¬ 
fully), for socii. 
CoMISSOR for comassor, from Kiopdtjw), 
2 ari, atus sum, dep. 1. properly, to go 
through the city with music in solemn pro¬ 
cession, as was usual on the festival of 
Bacchus; hence, of jovial and merry 
youths, who, after their ordinary sup¬ 
per, went to a friend’s house, and feast¬ 
ed and drank once more ; to revel, riot. 
Liv. Quin comissatum ad fratrem 
imus? Horat. Tempestivius indomum 
Coimssari, to go to revel. 
CoMITaS (comis), atis, f. courtesy, affa¬ 
bility, complaisance, gentleness, civility, 
humanity, good breeding, mildness, kind¬ 
ness, £V7rpo<ruyopia,benignitas, facilitas, 
lenitas, affabilitas. Cic. Crassus in 
summa comitate habebat etiam severi- 
tatis satis. Thcit. Comitate curandi 
provinciam tenuit, A. e. in curando, by 
governing with lenity and affability. Plant. 
Alibi ad enarrandum hoc argumentuin 
est comitas, A. e. I am willing, am ready. 
-If Also, liberality, munificence. Plaut. 
COMITaTeNSIS (comitatus), e, adj. per- 
3 taining to the dignity anil office of the comi¬ 
tes. (nee Comes.) Cod. Theod. munus su- 
bire. Ammian. Comitatensis fabrica, A. e. 
machinatio, calumniosa delatio Comi- 
tum aulicorum.-IT Cod. Theod. Co¬ 
mitatensis legio. Id. Comitatenses mi- 
lites, soldiers attached to the emperor’s 
residence or court. 
COMITATES, a, um, particip. See Co- 
mito and Comitor. -IT Adj. Cic. Ut es- 
set comitatior. Id. Comitatiores reverti. 
COMITaTES (comitor), us, m. a number of 
followers or companions, a train or com¬ 
pany of attendants ; a train, retinue, suite, 
equipage, dnoXovSia. Cic. Si modo tecti 
satis est ad comitatum nostrum reci¬ 
piendum. Cats. Comitatu equitum tri- 
ginta ad mare pervenit. Cic. ancilla- 
rurn puerorumque. Quintil. declam. 
Convictibus et comitatibus loetari, in 
conversation and society. Plin. Comita¬ 
tus rerum Alexandri Magni, A. e. comi¬ 
tes expeditionum et rerum gestarum 
Alexandri. Id. Exornatus comitatu 
Alexandri, A. e. honored by being the 
companion and friend of Alexander. - 
IT Also, a number of men travelling to¬ 
gether, or transporting any thing together, 
a caravan. Cces -IT Also” the train 
or suite of the emperor, the court, the im¬ 
perial residence. Pandect. -if Figur. 
Cic. Virtutum tanto comitatu. Plin. 
Pruna hordearia appellata, a comitatu 
frugis ejus, A. e. from its ripening at the 
same time with barley. Id. Comitatus 
utriusque causre. 
COMITER (comis), adv. courteously, kind¬ 
ly, affably, complaisantly, gently, civilly, 
obligingly,politely, <l>i\o<pp6vois, evycvdi. 
Cic. Comiter, benigne, non gravate. Id. 
Salutare benigne, comiter appellare 
unumquemque. Enn. ap. Cic. Erranti 
comiter viam monstrare. Cic. consola- 
ri aliquem. Terent. aliquem adjuvare. 
Gell. Sensim et comiter admonere ali¬ 
quem. Plaut. Lepidissime, et comissi- 
me. Tacit. Comiter administrate pro¬ 
vinciam. Liv. celebrare convivium, 
A. e. willingly, with pleasure; cheerfully, 
pleasantly. So, Cic. Comiter et jucunde 
esse in convivio.-IT Cic. Comiter 
servare majestatem popuii R., A. c. will- 
ingly, readily. So, Liv. Apollini voven- 
dos censeo ludos, qui quotaunis comi- 
ter Apollini fiant_IT Plin. Comiter 
habitare, genteelly, elegantly, splendidly. 
COMITIA, orum, n. See Comitium. 
COMITIALIS (comitia), e, adj. of or be¬ 
longing to the comitia. Vupisc. Comi- 
tiale tribunal, h. e. in Comitiis positum. 
— Comitiales dies were days on which 
comitia were or might be held. If the 
comitia were actually held on these 
days, the senate could not be held, nor 
could the prstor administer justice. Cic. 
So, Cats, biduuin. Cic. mensis, in which 
comitia were held. -IT Plaut. Non po- 
tuisti adducere homines magis ad hanc 
rem idoneos. Nam istoruin nullus ne- 
fastus est, comitiales sunt meri, A. e. 
perhaps persons who were continual-, 
ly in the comitium; hence, litigious 
persons, who were always ready to accuse 
and circumvent others. -IT Comitialis 
morbus, the epilepsy , f ailing sickness ; so 
called, because its occurrence at the coini- 
tia put a stop to the proceedings. Cels. So, 
Senec. Vitiuni comitiale. Plin. Comitia¬ 
lis, sc. homo, one who has it, an epileptic. 
COMITIaLITER (comitialis), adverb, 
2 from the falling sickness. Plin. 
COMITIaTOS (comitia), us, m. anassem- 
1 bly of the people at the comitia, the comi¬ 
tia. Cic. e Leg. xii. tab. Altera decapite 
civis rogari, nisi maxiino comitiatu, 
vetat, A. e. at the comitia centuriata. 
COMITIaTBS (.Id.), a, um, adject. 
1 Asccn. Alii (tribuni militum) sunt co- 
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mitiati, A. c. appointed at the comitia 
(whereas those appointed by the gene¬ 
ral were called rufuli). 
COMITIO (comitium), as, n. I. to sacrifice 
in the comitium, or to go thither to sacri¬ 
fice. Varro. 
CSMrTIUM (comes), ii, n. CCMIT1S, 
orum, n. plur. have a two-fold significa¬ 
tion. Comitium (sing.) was a public 
place in the forum Romannm, where the 
comitia curiata were held, and certain of¬ 
fences tried and punished. Cic. In co¬ 
mitium veniant, ad stantem judicem 
dicant. Plin. Ep. Celer eques R., cum 
in comitio virgis caederetur. Sueton. 
In comitio ad necem ca;di. — So, out of 
Rome. JTcpns. In comitio Spartte, A. e. 
assembly or place of assembly of the gov¬ 
ernment. -If Comitia (plur.), the for¬ 
mal assembly of the whole people, to make , 
reject, or repeal laws and ordinances, or to 
choose magistrates, &c. These comitia 
were of three kinds, centuriata, tributa, 
curiata, according as the people voted by 
centuries, tribes, or curi.-c. Cic. Comitia 
habere, and facere, and gerere, and in- 
stituere, to hold. Liv. edicere and indi- 
cere. Cic. obire, A. c. interesse. Id. 
dimittere. hi. Gomittiis pneesse, to 
preside at, direct. — It is often joined 
with a genit. or adject, denoting the ob¬ 
ject. Liv. consuluin, A. e. for choosing 
consuls. Cic. censorum. So, Id. quaes- 
toria, and tribunicia. So, Id. mea, A. e. 
de me. — Also, with the dat.. Liv. regi 
creando. In tiiese passages it may of¬ 
ten be rendered election, or election 
meeting. — Cic. uses comitia also of the 
election of a priest, in Sicily. — Cic. 
Comitia gratuita, A. c. without bribery. 
Plin. flagrantia, A. e. warmly contested. 
-If Figur. Plaut. Intus de capite 
meo sunt comitia, A. c. ubi de forma et 
salute mea agitur. So, Id. Pseudolus 
milii centuriata liabuit capitis comitia, 
A. e. very cunning, well-prepared counsel, 
or deliberation. - V Liv. 3. 17. Comitia 
in foro sunt, applied to a multitude or 
meeting, generally. 
COMITIVES (Id.), a, um, adj. Veget. 
3 dignitas, A. e. the dignity of comes” or 
count in the emperor’s court. So, Cod. 
Just. Comitiva (absoi.). 
C0MIT5 (Id.), as, a. 1. to accompany, 
3 same as Comitor. Propert. mea si telle¬ 
rs: comitarent castra puellce. Ovid. 
Pirithoum Theseus comitavit. - 
If Passive. Justin. Salutantur, comi- 
tantur. Ovid. Ingenio meo comitor 
fruorqne. Cic. Muiier viris comitata. 
Id. Parum comitatus, A. e. with few at¬ 
tendants. Id. Bene comitatus. 
COMITOR (Id.), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. to 
1 accompany, attend, wait upon, go along 
with, follow, irapaKoXovSeiv. Curt. Vir- 
gines comitabantur patrem. Virg. 
gressumque canes comitantur lieri- 
lem. Id. iter alicujus. Sueton. lieri- 
lem filium in scholas. — Often, to at- 
* tend (a funeral), to attend.,to the grave. 
Virg. juvenem exanimum. Plin. ex- 
sequias. So, absoi. JYepos. Comitante 
toto exercitu.-IT Figur. to accompa¬ 
ny. Cic. Cetera, qua; comitantur huic 
vita;. Curt. Hominem consequitur ali- 
quando, nunquam comitatur divinitas. 
Claudian. Superbia comitatur lionores. 
COMMA (ndppa from k6ittoi, to cut), atis. 
2 n. apart of a period, short clause of a 
sentence. Diomed. - If Also, the 
( written ) stop, which marks this, a com¬ 
ma. Donat. -IT Also, in verse, the 
cresura. Valer. Prob. - If Hence, 
Commatlcus, a, um, adj. of short sen¬ 
tences, or clauses, Kopparinds. Sidon. 
CoMMaCERO (con & macero), as, a. J. 
3 to soft.en by steeping, macerate. Marcell. 
Empir. - - - If Also, to pound, bruise. 
Strabo. Gall. 
CoMMACeSCO (con & macesco), is, n. 
3. to grow lean, pine or waste away. Varr. 
ap. Mon.; if the reading be correct. 
CoMMACOL.5 (con & maculo), as, avi, 
atum, a. 1. to spot, stain, pollute all aver. 
Virg. rnanus sanguine. Tacit, san¬ 
guine suo altaria deum.-IT Figur. 
to pollute, stain. Cic. Commaculare sa 
ambitu. Sallust, laudes flagitiis. Stal. 
pia templa. 
COMMADE5 (con & madeo), es, n. 2. tt 
3 become moist, or soaked. Cato. 
