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COM 
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sum, dep. 4. to feign, pretend, assert 
falsely, xfjcv&opai. Apul. Si qua com- 
mentiatur, redarguere. Id. Virum 
commentitus bonum. 3 
COMMSNTITrttS, and CoMMeNTICIOS 
3 (comminiscor, commentus), a, um, adj. 
invented, discovered by thinking; fictitious, 
imaginary. Cic. Commentitii et ficti 
X)ii. s Id. Nomina nova et commentitia. 
Id. civitas Platonis. Pandect. Jure 
commentitio receptum est, li. e. new. 
Sneton. spectacula, newly invented. 
Oell. Res commentitias dicere, matters 
of one's own fancy. Cic. sententi®. Id. 
crimen, an accusation without grounds; 
a false accusation. Gell. fraudes. 
COMMENTO, as. See Commentor. 3 
CoMMeNTOR (comminiscor, commen¬ 
tus), aris, atus sum, dep. 1 . to meditate, 
think, muse upon, consider attentively, 
peXerduo, Siai/osai, mente verso, medi- 
tor, excogito vel so! us vel cum aliis. 
Cic. Cum in hortos Bruti commentandi 
causa venissemus. Id. Commentari 
secum futuras miserias. Id. Commen¬ 
tari inter nos, qua ratione, &c. Id. 
Commentari atque meditari de aliqua 
re. — Hence, to produce by study or 
meditation, write, compose. Cic. Com¬ 
mentari orationem in aliquem. Id. 
Commentari mimos. PUn. Cato com- 
mentans de militari disciplina. Plant. 
Achillem Aristarchi mihi commentari 
lubet, h. e. to imitate. ■—— IT Also, to ut¬ 
ter one’s thoughts on any subject; to dis¬ 
cuss, dispute, contend; to comment or re¬ 
mark upon, explain. Gell. Neque per- 
contari, neque commentari qua; audie- 
rat, fas erat. Cic. Satisne videor pro 
meo jure in vestris auribus commenta- 
tus? Sneton. Carmina diligentius re- 
tractare, ac legendo coinmentandoque 
etiam ceteris notafacere. ——If Also, to 
invent, device, contrive. Plaut. Ut cito 
commentatus est! {sc. fallaciam.)- 
II According to Priscian, an ancient form 
was commento. Plant. Nimis bene ora 
commentavi, to mark with blows, as 
some explain it. Al. aliter leg. Cic. 
Commentata oratio, meditated, reflected 
upon. 
CoAIAIeNTSR (Id.), oris, m. a deviser, 
3 inventor. Ovid. Luce sua ludos uv® 
commentor habebat, li. e. Bacchus. 
CoMAIeNTUM (Id.), i, n. a thought, con¬ 
trivance, invention; a fiction, feigned 
story. Cic. Opinionum commenta. 
Terent. At ipsis commentum placet. 
Lie. Commentum miraculi. Plin. Com¬ 
menta terrrn, wonderful peculiarities, as 
it were inventions of, &c. Justin. Ut 
religione votorum nefanda commenta 
tegerentur, plans, projects. 
COMMENTUS, a, um, particip. See 
Comminiscor. 
CoMMES (con & meo), as, avi, atum, n. 1 . 
to go, though often with reference to a 
return; hence, to come and go, topass back 
and forth, Siairopevopai. Cic. Ultrocitro- 
quecommeare. Id. Cornmeare retro. Id. 
Sidera ab ortu ad occasum commeantia. 
Terent. in orbem. Id. ad muliercu- 
lam. Cic. Litter® Sb aliis ad nos corn- 
meant. Id. Insula quo omnes cum 
mereibus commeabant. Cces. Mercato- 
res ad eos sspe commeant. Plin. Ep. 
Prater statuam. Nepos. Via aliqua. 
Gell. Athenas ad Socratem. Curt. 
Commeantes mari libero. -r Figur. Cic. 
Cujus in hortos libidines omnium com- 
mearent-U Plaut. Scruposam corn- 
meat viam, goes a stony way. So, Pan¬ 
dect. Qui usus false diplomate vias 
commeavit.-IT Pass. Impers. Pan¬ 
dect. Si sine ponte commeari non possit. 
^oMMeRCIUM (con & merx), ii, n. 
commerce, exchange of one thing for an¬ 
other, trade, traffic, bartering of wares. 
Sallust. Mare magnum et ignara lingua 
commercia prohibehant. Cic. In agro 
Segestano Panormitanis commercium 
est. Plin. Paneg. Hiversas gentes ita 
commercio miscuit, ut quod genitum 
esset usquam, id apud omnes natuin 
esse videretur.-II Also, the right or 
opportunity of trafficking, of buying and 
selling. Cic. L. Crasso, Q. Sc®vol® 
commercium signorum et tabularum 
pictarum cum Gracis hominibus non 
fuit. Liy. Ut denorum equoruni iis 
commercium esset, li. e. ut denos equos 
emere possent. Id. Salis commercium 
dedit, the right. Cod. Just. Res com- 
mercio redimere. -F Also, wares, 
commodities, merchandise. — Hence, sup¬ 
plies, provisions. PUn. Sabulum por- 
tare cum reliquis commerciis militari- 
bus. - If Also, a plube of traffic. PUn. 
Primam in bellis commerciorum liabu- 
ere curam. Id. Qui commercia h;ec et 
litora peragravit. -II Figur. commu¬ 
nication, intercourse, fellowship, converse. 
Cic. Habere commercium cum Musis. 
Ovid. Exercent ill i soci® commercia 
lingu®. Vellci. Commercia epistola- 
rum, correspondence. Sil. culp®. Curt. 
vitiorum. Liv. studiorum. Sueton. 
sermonis. Virg. Commercia belli. Id. 
Commercium loquendi et audiendi. 
Plant. Quid tibi mecum est comrnercii, 
senex ? what hast thou to do with me ? 
— Also, criminal intercourse. Plant, and 
Sueton. 
C 0 MMERC 8 R (con & mercor), aris, 
2 atus sum, dep. 1 . to buy together, pur¬ 
chase, buy up, simul mercor, coemo, 
wynpiapai. Plant. Qui hie commer- 
caris cives homines liberos. Sallust. 
Commercari arma. 
CoMMEREB (con & mereo), es, ui, 
ltum, a. 2 . to merit, deserve, dgtovpai. 
Cic. .(Estimation em (pcen®) cotnmeru- 
isse. Terent. Numquam commerui, ut 
caperet, &c. Ovid, pcenam.-II Some¬ 
times, to commit. Plaut. Oommerere 
noxiam. Id. Commerita noxia, h. c. 
committed. Id. culpam in se. Id. ali- 
quid mali in se. Ovid. Quid placid® 
commeruistis oves? what harm have ye 
done ? Terent. Quid commerui, aut 
peccavi ?-II Also, Commereor, eris, 
erltus sum, dep. Terent.. Nunquam 
quicquam erga me commerita est, h. e. 
committed. Plaut. Me hanc culpam 
commeri^um scio. Gell. Commeritus 
est fidem sedulitatis et veritatis, he hath 
justly acquired a character for diligence 
and veracity. 
COMMEREOR. See Commereo. 3 
CoMMeTIQR (con & metior), iris, en- 
sus sum, dep. 4. to measure, avppcrpeai. 
Colum. lteperire rationem de comme- 
tiendis agris. Plant. Omnes porticus 
sumus commensi. So, Cic. Commetiri 
oportet cum tempore negotium, h. e. 
to measure it with, weigh it with ; com¬ 
pare. 
CoMMeTQ (frequent, from commeo), as, 
3 n. 1. to go frequently, be in the habit of 
going. Naiv. and Afran. ap. Non. — 
Also (according to Bent.lcy), in Terent. 
Ileaut. 3. 1. 35. and Plaut. Capt. 1. 2. 82. 
CoMMICTILIS (commingo), e, adject. 
3 dignus ut commingatur; vile, contempti¬ 
ble. Pompon, apud Non. 
CoMMIGR aT to (commigro), onis, f. a 
2 removing, migrating. Senec. (de stellis). 
C5MMIGR5 (con & migro), as, avi, 
1 atum, n. 1 . to remove from one place to 
another; to migrate, flit, change one’s 
place of abode, peroiKCoi. Cic. In do- 
mum tuam cominigrabis. Terent. Ne¬ 
que diu hue commigrarunt. 
CoMMILES (con & miles), Itis, m. same 
3 as Commilito. Inscript. 
CoMMILITIUM (Id.), ii, n. fellowship in 
2 war, joint warfare, avarpareia. Tacit. 
Chauci, cum auxilia pollicerentur, in 
commilitium asciti. Plin. Ep. Instruc- 
tus commilitio tuo, h. e. doctus milita- 
rem disciplinam, quia tecum militavit. 
Quintil. Uti commilitio alicujus, h. e. 
militare simul cum aliquo.-U Figur. 
Ovid. Et commilitii sacra tuenda putas, 
h. c. fellowship or communion in study. 
So, Apul. Jura amiciti® a commilitio 
studiorum inchoata. 
CoMiliLITQ (con & milito), as, n. 1. to 
war in company or together with, to fin-hl 
on one’s side. Flor. Luna quasi com- 
militans. 
C5AIMILIT8 (con & milito, are), onis, 
m. a fellow-soldier, comrade, <ri><r:-pimc 5 - 
tik. Cic. Meus in Gracia commilito 
fuit. Vcllei. Commilito belli. Sueton. 
Nec milites eos sed commilitones ap- 
pellabat._ 
CoMMINaBuNDOS (comminor), a, um, 
3 adject, threatening, menacing. Tertull. 
C8MMINaTI 5 (Id.), onis, f. a threaten- 
1 ing, menacing , direiXrj. Cic. and Liv. 
CoMMINaTIVOS (Id.), a, um, adject. 
165 
expressing a menace, threatening, men 
aeing. Tertull. 3 
CoMMINaTBR (Id.), oris, m. a threat- 
3 cner, menaccr. Tertull. 
CoMMINGS (con & mingo), is, inxi, ic- 
3 turn, or inctum, a. 3. mictu aspergo. 
Horat. 
CoMMINISCOR(con & mens), eris, men- 
tus sum, dep. 3. to devise, imagine, in¬ 
vent, contrive, design, feign, excogito, 
cvp-uXaTTO), iiavotouai. Generally used 
in a bad sense. Cic. Epicurus mono- 
grammos Deos et nihil agentes commen¬ 
tus est. Auct. ad Hereun. Comminisci 
aliquid. Plaut. Fabricari et comminisci. 
Id. Reperire et comminisci. Id. dolum 
Id. mendaciuin. Id. maledicta. Id. 
Fac, commentus sies, h. e. faliacias ex- 
cogites. Id. Nec queo comminisci, quid 
hero dicam meo. Sueltiji. vectigal. Id. 
navern. Id. Comminisci novas litteras 
Pompon. Mel.a. Phmnices litteras, alias- 
que etiam artes, maria navibus adire, 
ciasse confligere, imperitare gentibus 
commenti sunt. - U A iso, Comminisco, 
ere, occurs. Apul. - U Commentus, 
passively. Ovid. Commenta funera nar 
rat, feigned. So, Id. sacra. Paul.' fraus, 
devised. 
CoAIMINBR (coil & minor), aris, atus 
2 sum, dej). 1. to threaten loudly, to threat¬ 
en, atrci\c<x>. Lie. pugnam. Auct. 3. 
Afric. impettim. Sueton. necem alicui. 
Id. aquilifero moranti cuspide. 
C6MMIN08 (con& minuo). Is, ui, utum, 
a. 3. properly, to lessen, diminish. Ilorat. 
pondus argenti. Cic. aliquid de com¬ 
mendations - II Often, to crush or 
break to pieces, bruise or crumble into 
small parts, break into small pieces or frag¬ 
ments, comminute, fritter, cvvrpifjw. 
Cic. Statuam deturbant, atliigunt, com- 
minuunt, dissipant. Ovid, fabasmotis. 
Pctron. vasa crystallina. P/uedr. corli- 
cem (testudinis). Cic. annulum. Plin. 
Comminuunt calculos, resolve, break up. 
Plaut. Ego tibi comminuam caput, will 
break your pate. Id. Comminuere postes 
securibus. — Hence, Id. ap. Gell. diem 
articulatim, h. e. in exiguas partes divi- 
dere et distribuere -II Hence, figur. 
to wear away, to weaken, enfeeble, impair. 
Cic. Viriatum Lusitanum C. L®lius fre- 
git et comminuit. Id. Officium sanc¬ 
tum comminuere, impair. Id. opes 
civitatis. Id. Re familiari comminuti 
sumus. Ovid. Comminuere aiiquein 
iacrymis, h. c. to move, touch, soften. Id. 
vires ingenii, to weaken. Quintil. inge- 
nia. PUn. Ep. Frigida negotia, qua 
ariiinum {the spirit) comminuunt. 
CO MM IN US. See Cominus. 
COMMINuTlJS, a, um, particip. from 
comminuo. 
CoMMIS (<oppi), or CuMMIS, is, f. gum, 
same as Gummi. Plin. and Scribon. 
Larg -Also, masc. in Scrib. Larir. _ 
Also, Commi or Cummi, n. indeclin. 
Scrib. Larg. and Cinn. ap. Non. 
CoMMISCES (con & misqtei), es, iscui, 
ixtum or istum, to mix or mingle to gather; 
to mix up ; to blend, covfiise, dvpp fyvvpi. 
Plant. Commiscere; mulsam. ’ Cic. cor¬ 
pora, h. c. in coitiofi. JKfwon. Larg. 
multa in unum. Virg'.’ nimum in au¬ 
ras. Cato, amurcam cum aqua_ 
Figur. Cic. Numquam temeritas cum 
sapient.ia commiscetur. Plaut. Si quis 
quid cum Neptuno rei commiscuit, h. e. 
navigationi se dedit. Id. aliquid con- 
silii cum aliquo, h. c. to participate in. 
Auct. ad Hcrenn. jus accusatoris cum 
jure testimonii. - With dot. or abl. 
Lucret. Querela commista gemitu. 
Virg. Frusta commixta mero. Plant. 
Canes capro commixta. * Virg. Teucri 
commixti corpore tanto. Senec. Popu- 
lus, cui commiscernur. 
CoMMISCIBILIS (commisceo),e, adject. 
3 that can be mingled. Tertull. 
Co MAUSER aTI 8 (connniseror), onis, f. 
the expression of pity, in order to excite 
emotion., hot olkt. a l;. Auct. ad Hcrenn. 
Commiserationem brevem esse oportet: 
nihil enim lacryma citius arescit. 
CoMMISERS (Id.), onis, m. a man de¬ 
servingof pity ; a fellow-sufferer. Tertul. 
C0MMISERE8R (con & misereor), Gris, 
3 erltus sum, dep. 2. to commiserate, pita, 
koltoiktV^w, emiKTtgopui. Gell. in- 
teritum ejus. — Impers. Cell Navitas 
