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precum ejus commiseritum esse illacte- 
nus, ut, &c. 
CoMMISEReSCS (con & miseresco), is, 
3 n. 3. to take pity on, commiserate, imixri- 
gopai. Enn. ap. Non. Fidem Myrmido- 
iiurn coinmiserescite.— Impers. Terent. 
Ut ipsam Bacctfidem connniseresceret, 
li. e. that even a Bacchanal would have 
pitied. 
C5MMISER5R, aris, atus sum, dep. 1. to 
commiserate, have compassion; also, to 
lament, deplore, bewail. Nepos, fortunam 
Grffici®. Ace. Up. Non. Te commiserabar 
magis, quam miserabar inei. And. ad 
Herenn. H®c exomatio plurium prodest 
in amplijcanda, et commiseranda re, 
h. e. in exciting compassion for it; in rep¬ 
resenting it in a piteous manner. So, 
Gell. Murmura (leonis) dolorem crucia 
tumque vulneris commiserantia. Cic. 
Cum commiserari, conqueri coeperit. 
COMMISSOR. 10 ’ l See Comissatio , &c 
CoMMISSIQ (committo), on is, f. a setting 
of two or more together for the purpose of 
contention, strife, action; hence, begin¬ 
ning (i of a contest, exhibition, &c.); also, 
the exhibition or contest itself, ervp/3o\y, 
ovaraaig. Cic. Commissione Grscorum 
{sc. ludornm), at the beginning of the 
games, or at the games. Id. Ab ipsa 
commissione, sc. ludorum, the beginning. 
Plin. Ep. Ludis pantomimi product! in 
commissione. Macrob. Sequenti com¬ 
missione. Sueton. Nomen suum com- 
missionibus obsolefieri, h. e. trials of 
( literary) skill, contests. Id. Senecam 
commissiones meras componere, showy 
declamations; compositions exhibited as 
mere exercises of literary skill. -If Also, 
the commission, perpetration (of an of¬ 
fence). Arnob. 
COMMTSSoRIOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. Pan- 
3 dect. ’ ex commissoria, and Commisso- 
ria, absol. an exception or condition in a 
contract, through the non-fulfilment of 
which the bargain becomes void, or some 
penalty is incurred. 
COMMISSUM (commissus, a, uml. i, n. a 
1 trust, thing trusted, secret. Cic. Enun- 
cians commissa, prodens conscios. He¬ 
rat. Prodere commissa, to betray. Id. 
tacere, to keep. -IT Also, among ju¬ 
rists, a forfeiture, confiscation ; forfeit. 
Quintil. In commissum venire, and 
Pandect, cadere. Quintil. Pro commisso 
tenetur. Pandect. Res, qua 1 commisso 
vindicanda est. Id. Tollere onus navis 
commisso, as a forfeit to the public chest. 
-U Also, a transgression of a law, a 
crime, offence, sin. Cic. sacrum, execra¬ 
ble. Sueton. audax. (Compare Com¬ 
mitto.) 
CoMMISSORX (committo), ®, f. a joining 
together, joint, juncture, commissure. 
Cic. ossium digitorum. Senec. lapidum. 
Lucil. ap. Non. rimarum. Senec. Colo- 
rum, h. e. mingling, joining. Id. nodo- 
rum. Cato, funis, knot at the end (to 
keep it from untwisting). Plin. Pis- 
cium, hae. the bright star in the knot of 
the bund. mWishcs (Pisces). — Figur. 
QubituSyerhorum.l Id. orationis. 
CoMMISSO'S, a, into,‘particip. See Com¬ 
mitto and Oemwssuiv. 
CoMMISTOS, a, urn, particip. from com- 
misceo. 
CoMMITIGS (con & mitigo), as, a. 1. to 
3 make soft, or mellow. Terent. caput san- 
dalio. (See Mitigo.) 
COMMITTO (con & mitto), is, Isi, issum, 
a. 3. to cause to go together, to set to¬ 
gether, to bring together, especially com¬ 
batants, wild beasts, armies, &c. Site- 
ton. pugiles ordinarioscumGrscis. Id. 
Peditibus, elephantis, equitibus bine et 
inde commissis. — Hence, to set at va¬ 
riance, inflame against each other. Sueton. 
omnes inter se. Claudian. pios fratres 
0( Uis. —Also, to excite a contest or rivalry 
between; to match, pair; particularly, of 
poets and orators. Sueton. Ad exerci- 
tanda discentium ingenia, aiquales inter 
se committere solebat. So, also, to place 
together, bring together, for the sake of 
comparison, to match. Juvenal. Com- 
mittit vates, et comparat inde Maronem. 
— Also, to begin, commence (of any thing 
which puts one’s strength to the test); 
pngnam, applied to a'contest, properly, 
to begin, to make an attack, but also gen¬ 
erally, to fight. Cecs. ppcclium. Eutrop. 
Committere (absol.), to engage, fight, 
combat. So, Pandect. Cum boves com- 
misissent. Also, Lie. Committere hel¬ 
ium, to commence. Cic. pugnam cum 
aliquo. Liv. rixam, to begin. So, Cic. 
ludos. Liv. spectaculum. Sueton. lu- 
dos, to exhibit. So also, in general, to 
begin. Curt, obsidionem. Ovid, ser- 
nionem. Id. Sermo committitur. 
Frontin, Quanta vigil ia commissa. And 
to make, hold. Cic. Judicium inter si- 
carios hoc primum committitur. —Also, 
to join together, connect, unite. Cels. 
Suturis oras vulneris inter se commit¬ 
tere. Curt, urbem continenti. Id. 
maria. Liv. viam vis. Ovid, noctes 
in sua vota duas. Id. Commissa dex- 
tera dextne. Virg. Pistrix delphinum 
caudas utero commissa luporum, li. e. 
in qua delphinum caud® conjunct® sunt 
cum utero luporum. Senec. Commissa 
nox, h. e. joined to another. Virg. Porta 
commissa, closed, shut. Cels. Cost® 
committuntur cum osse pectoris. So, 
Virg. manual lommittere Teucris, h. e. 
to come to close quarters with. -If Also, 
to give, commit, consign, intrust, com¬ 
mend. Colum. semen solo. Plin. illi¬ 
quid ccelo, to the air. Cic. aliquid literis. 
Id. se periculo, to expose. Liv. remp. in 
discrimen. Id. rem in casum ancipitis 
eventus. Cels, se lahori. Cic. Ea ves- 
tris ingeniis committo. Terent. se ali- 
cujus tidei, or in alicujus fidem. Id. 
gratam in uxorem alicui. So, the par¬ 
ticip. Commissus. Horat. Si prodide- 
rit commissa fide, h. e. fidei (see Com¬ 
missum). — Hence, Committere se, to 
risk one’s self, to venture. Cic. in con¬ 
clave. Liv. in hostilem terram, in po- 
testatem regiam, in fidem inexpertam. 
And with the dot. Cic. populo, before 
the people. Id. urbi. So, abaplBSuetoa. 
Cum primum frequenti auditorio com- 
misisset, h. e. recited the history he had 
written, and thus (as we say) committed 
himself, risked his fame. — Also, Com- 
mitti, to be obliged to be made over to a 
creditor or to the treasury (fiscus) ; to 
be forfeited, confiscated. Pandect. Ne 
pr®dia in publicum committerentur. 
So, Cic. Hereditas Veneri Erycin® 
commissa. Id. Hypothec® commiss®, 
sc. creditori. — Figur. Cic. Devotio ca¬ 
pitis convicta et commissa, li. e. my life 
forfeited because I have obtained the object of 
my vow, h. e. my wish. (See also, Com¬ 
missum.) -IT Also, to dare or presume 
to do something, to perpetrate, commit, 
perform. Cic. multa in deos impie. Id. 
flagitium. Quint, adulterium. Pan¬ 
dect. furtum. Cic. Commissum faci- 
nus. — And also, intrans. to fail, miss, 
mistake, transgress. Cic. Quum veri- 
simile erit aliquem commisisse. Id. 
In dubiuin venire non posset ; nemo 
enim committeret, h. e. could mistake 
about it. Id. contra legem, to infringe, 
violate. Pandect, in legem. So, Varr. 
lege. — So also, followed by ut, to make 
an oversight, or commit a fault, such that, 
&c. to go so far that, to cause. Cic. Non 
committam, ut me accusare possis. Id. 
Civem committere, ut iflorte mulctan- 
dus sit. So, Liv. Negare, se commissu- 
rum, cur, &c. Cce.s. Neque commis- 
sum a se, quare timerent. Ovid. Com- 
mittit s®pe repelii.-IT In a judicial 
sense. Quint.. Committere poenam, 
and Cic. multam, to make one’s self liable 
to ; to incur. So, Pandect, edictum, sti- 
pulationem, to make the edict, &c. binding 
on one’s self, li. e. to comply with its con¬ 
ditions or stipulations. So, Pandect. Hex 
commissa, edictum commissum, just 
going into force. Cic. Devotio capitis 
commissa (see above). — Figur. Quint. 
Committere discrimen, to run the risk, 
to stake all. 
C6MMIXTIM, and CoMMISTIM (com- 
mixtus, or commistus), mixtly, jointly. 
Modestin. 
C5MMIXTI5, and CoMMISTIS (com- 
3 misceo), onis, f. a mixing together. 
Apul. 
COMMIXTuRX (Id.), ffi, f. a mixing to¬ 
ll gether. Cato. 
COMMIXTOS, and CoMMISTOS, a, um, 
partic. from Commiseco, which see.- 
IT Commixtum, i, n. a mixture. Cato. 
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COMMODaTIO (commodo), onis, f. s 
3 lending ; service. Apulei. Commoda 
tiones altern®. 
C0MM5DAT0R (Id.), oris, m. a lender- 
3 Pandect. 
CoMMODATOS, a, um, particip. from 
commodo.-IT Adj. accommodated, ap¬ 
propriate, suitable. Gell. Sententi® ad 
usum commodatissim®. Al. leg. com- 
mendatissimec. Plin. Succus stomacho 
commodatus, good for. -IT Commo- 
daturn, i, n. the thing lent, a loan. Pan¬ 
dect. accipere. Id. rogare.-IT Also, 
a contract for a loan. Pandect. Teneri 
actione corrtrnodati. Id. Dare actionem 
commodati in aliquem Id. Teneri 
commodati. Id. Agere (tommodati. 
COMMODE (commodus), adv. fitly, aptly, 
to the purpose, convenien tly, advantageous 
ly, commodiously, cvaib&s, cummodo, ap 
te, ad rem. Cic. Neque satis me com 
mode dicere posse intelligo. Id. Oratio 
commode scripta. Id. Si satis scite, et 
commode teinpus cepit. Plaut. ap. Gell. 
Amictus non sum commode.-IT Al¬ 
so, in good time, in due season, opportunely, 
commodum, evKaipcog. Cic. Magis com¬ 
mode, quam strenue navigavi. — Also, 
just. Plant. Commode ipse exit, is just 
coming out. Cic. Emerseram commode 
ex Antiati, cum in me incurrit,&c., I had 
just departed when, &.C. So, Id. Attrahi- 
tur Lollius commode, cum Apronius re- 
disset.-IT Also, generally, well, suit- 
ably. k«A<os. PHn. Ep. Ecquid com¬ 
mode vales ? are you well ? Cic. Videre 
satis ne ea commode dici possint Latine 
Id. Commodius fecissent, si, &c., 
would have done better if, &c. Id. Quod 
litteras, quibus putas opus esse, curas 
dandas, facis commode. Id. Commo- 
dissime esse in aliquo loco. Plaut. 
Accipere aliquem bene et commode, 
Nepos. saltare. Plin. Ep. legere. 
Cels. Commode facit cyathus (of med¬ 
icine), does well. Cces. Commodiu3 
admmistrare rempublicam. Gell. Bib¬ 
liotheca satis commode instructa li- 
bris. Cic. Minus commode audire, 
li. e. to be but indifferently spoken of. 
_ 11 Also, with good humor, obli¬ 
gingly. Plaut. Aliquid huic responde, 
amabo, commode, ne incommodus no¬ 
bis sit. 
COMMODI aNOS, a, um, adject, of or per¬ 
taining to the emperor Commodus. Lam- 
prid. 
COMMODITaS (commodus), atis, f. apt¬ 
ness, just proportion, symmetry. Sueton. 
membrorum. — Hence, of speech, Auct. 
ad Herenn. Commoditas orationis ; or, 
Cic. Commoditas (absol.). —— If Also, 
of the body, suppleness, flexibility. Cic. 
_ IT Also, convenience, opportunity. 
Plaut. Commoditatis omnes articiilos 
scio. Cic. In occasione commoditas ad 
faciendum idonea consideranda est. 
- IT Also, advantage, benefit. Cic. 
Maximas commoditat.es amicitia conti- 
net. Id. Percipere fructum aut cornmo- 
ditatem ex aliqua re. Id. Commoditas 
et prosperitas vit®, h. e. convcniency, 
case. So, Plaut. Mea commoditas (as 
a term of endearment).-IT Also, in- 
dula-ence, kindness, willingness to oblige, 
complaisance. Terent. Magnam mihi 
injecit sua commoditate curam, ne, &c 
Ciccil. ap. Cic. Omnes meos dolos, fa.Ha- 
cias, pr®stigias pr®strinxit commoditas 
patris. * 
COMMODIOS, a, um, adject, of or pertain¬ 
ing to the emperor Commodus. Lampnd 
Non® Commodi®, h. e. of August, which 
he hod called Commodus. 
CoMMODo (commodus), adverb, in sea¬ 
son, opportunely, just at this moment, ev- 
xaipio;. Plaut. Ecce autem commoda 
aperitur foris. 
COMMODO (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
arrange properly and aptly, to adjust, 
adapt , accommodate. Cato, trapetum. 
Quintil. (of gesture) manum ad verba. 
_If Also, to give, afford, allow, tender 
to any one, avv(Jif>e\cw, xi %pd<o, do, prs- 
beo, benigne facio concedendo alicui 
aliquid. Plaut. Quam (aquam) hostis 
hosti commodat? Id. Commodare ali- 
cui opes, spes, bonas copias. Cic. Qui¬ 
bus tu qu®cumque commodaris, erunl 
mihi gratissima. Tacit. Parvis pecca- 
tis veniam, magnis severitatem comma- 
