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Cic. Nihil me clamor iste commovet, 
does not alarm me at all. Terent. In hac 
(virgine) commotus sum, h. e. the sight of 
her makes an impression upon me. — Com- 
moveor re, &c., the thing makes an im¬ 
pression on me, 1 do or forbear to do some¬ 
thing, on account of it ; / receive pleasure 
or pain fi-om it, lam terrified at it, I am 
an<rcred, provoked by it, &c. Cic. com- 
memlatione. Id. Gratulatione commo¬ 
tus, moved. Id. cupiditate. Id. metu. 
Sallust, ira. Ho, without the abl. Id. 
Te esse commotum, troubled, disquieted, 
alarmed. Virg. Neptunus graviter com¬ 
motus, struck, disquieted. Tacit. Clau¬ 
dius commotus, moved to compassion. 
7’crent. Te commotum reddam, troubled, 
anxious. Tacit. Ais alienum commo¬ 
tum, in a disturbed state. -IT Also, to 
set in motion, h. e. to stir up, excite. Cic. 
alicui bilem. Id. memoriam aliquid 
disputationum, callup. And. ad Herenn. 
aliquem ad. — Or, in general, to cause, 
excite, undertake, begin. Cic. helium. 
Id. dolorem. Id. misericordiam alicui. 
Id. invidiam in aliquem. Id. studia 
multorum, h. e. to encourage. Cato. 
struem, to get together, matte. -IT This 
verb is sometimes contracted in the pre¬ 
terit tenses, as commorat, commossem, 
commosse, &c. 
CoMMuLCkS (con & mulceo), es, ulsi, 
ulsum, a. 2 . to stroke gently, soothe, ca¬ 
ress, appease, please, KaraKyXew. Apul. 
and Tiro. ap. Oell. 
C 0 MMOLC 8 (con &. mulco), as, a. 1. to 
3 beat, strike. Apul. 
CoMMuLGkS, es, lxi, ere, a. 2. to milk, 
to milk out. Lucrct. 
C6MM0ND8 (con & mundo), as, avi, 
2 atum, a. 1 . to clean, cleanse, make clean, 
KaOaipoi. Colum. and Pandect. 
CoMMuNICaTIB (cominunico), onis, f. 
an imparting, sharing, communicating, 
making of a thing common, Koivtovia. 
Cic. Largitio et communicatio civitatis. 
Id. Societas et communicatio utilitatum. 
Id. suavissima sermonis, h. e. conver¬ 
sation. Id. consilii. 'Plin. nominum. 
Cato apud Gcll. criminis cum pluribus. 
-IT Also, a figure of rhetoric, whereby 
the orator puts it to the audience what they 
•would do in such and such a case. Cic. 
and Quintil. 
CoMMuNICaTSR (Id.), oris, m. one who 
3 communicates or imparts. Amob. - 
11 Also, one who partakes. Tcrtull. 
COMMUNICaTUS, us, m. same as Coni- 
3 municatio. Apul. 
CoMMuNICB (communis), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1 . to communicate, impart, share with 
any one, make partaker of, KOivcovea). 
Cic. Nihil mihi nunc scito tam deesse, 
quam hominem eum, quocum omnia 
una communicem. Id. Cum de socie- 
tate inter se inulta communicarent. Id. 
Pompeius mecum saepissime de te com- 
municare solet. Cais. and I.in. consilia 
cum ali quo. Sueton. jacturam et lu¬ 
crum. jflHtaausam suam cum altero. 
Id. Id. 
Plant. -'^^HHigaho !>■ 
tin a (iJ^^^Bcuii! . < 
v< lro«nnHHR> Hr. Silti 
nicatum iitlfTcnuiii.-11 Also, to unite, 
join, connect^^ms. Communicare pecu- 
nias cum dotibus. Cic. facti gloriam 
cum mea laude.-11 Also, to make 
common or unclean, pollute. Tertull. quae 
ore prolata communicant hominem. 
-11 Also, to talcc part or participate, 
share. Quintil. declam. Solos ergo com- 
municabit misera planctus ? Augustin. 
Communicare altari Christi. Cic. ini- 
micitias cum aliquo.—Hence, to have 
communication or intercourse with. Jus¬ 
tin. cum peregrinis.-H Also, to have 
conversation with, commune, confer, con¬ 
sult. Cic. cum aliquo de re.-If Com- 
municor, aris, dep. 1 . for communico. 
Liv. Cum quibus spem integram com- 
municati non sint. 
CoMMC'NIS (con & munio), is, ivi,Itum, 
a. 4. to fortify, secure, nepitypaTra), same 
as munio or valde munio. Cats, tumu- 
lum. Id. castra. Id. castella.-H Fig- 
ur. Cic. Communire auctoritatem aul®. 
C0MM0NI8 (communis), onis, f. commu¬ 
nion, mutual participation; an equal priv¬ 
ilege or enjoyment of tlie'same thing. Cic. 
Inter quos est communio legis, inter eos 
communio juris est. Id. Bona, fortunas 
meas in communionem tuorum tempo- 
rum contuli. Id. Communio litterarum. 
Id. Multum valet communio sanguinis. 
Sueton. Provocare ad communionem 
sermonis.- If Also, ecclesiastical 
communion. Sulpic. Sever. Inire com¬ 
munionem cum aliquo. Id. Suspendere 
aliquem a communione, to excommuni¬ 
cate. Augustin. Imperatores nnstr® 
communionis. Id. Privare aliquem 
communione sancti Altaris, li. c. the 
holy supper. 
CoMMuNIS (perhaps con & munia), e, 
adj. common [to several persons, or to all); 
hence, sometimes, common, in common , 
and sometimes, universal, general, pub¬ 
lic (h. e. relating to, concerning a whole 
community, state, &c. or the whole world). 
Cic. libe/tas. Id. imperium. Id. salu- 
tatio, h. e. the usual, common, ordinary. 
Id. mens, h. e. common to all. Id. Homo 
vit« communis ignarus, h. c. ignorant of 
the common customs and duties of life, 
without manners, without good breeding. 
Id. exordium, h. e. that may be iLsed for 
several orations (and therefore faulty). 
Id. officia, the common duties of life, which 
every one must or can perform. Sisenn. 
ap. Mon. res, h. e. respublica. Cic. 
Causes forenses et communes, h. c. pub¬ 
lic®. Eutrop. mors, h. e. a natural 
death. Liv. Martem esse communem, 
et eventum incertum belli, alike to all. 
Cic. Commune liberorum populorum. 
Id. Non proprium senectutis est vitium, 
sed commune valetudinis. Id. Omni 
retati mors est communis. Id. Dolorem 
communem vobis mecum. Id. Inter 
eos ratio communis est. Id. Commune 
apud eos. — Locus communis, a pub¬ 
lic place or building; as, a temple, mar¬ 
ket, &c. Cic. So, in PlaiAo the lower 
■world, or Orcus. Also, Jjferliatory, a 
common-place, a genrraWjMfidple or 
ground; that which applies to many par¬ 
ticular cases. — In grammar, Verbum 
commune, a common verb, h. e. having a 
passive for m, and an active or passive sig¬ 
nification. Gell. Also, Communis syl- 
laba, h. e. sometimes long and sometimes 
short. Charts. -If Commune, n. subst. 
that which is owned in common ; the capital 
or common stock. Cic. dividere.—Also, 
the common or public property of a state, 
the public chest. Horat. Privatus ill is 
census erat brevis, commune magnum. 
— Also, a public place. Ilorat. (ad li- 
brum) Paucis ostendi gemis, et commu- 
nia laudas. So, Frontin. Communia, sc. 
loca, commons. — Also, the community, 
state. Cic. Sicilia;. Id. Quomodo iste 
commune Milyadum vexarit.-11 In 
commune, for all, for common use, for 
the common good. Cic. Ex nostro quoque 
nonnihil in commune contulimus. Liv. 
Vocare honores in commune, h. e. pro- 
miscuos patribus et plebi. • Tacit. Con- 
sulere in commune. Pandect. Redigere 
in commune. Id. Emere in commune. 
Phcedr. Eja, inquit, in commune quod- 
cumque est lucri, h. e. I speak fur half. 
— Also, in general, generally, universally. 
Plin. Qu® ad cuncta arborum genera 
pertinent in commune, dicemus. Tacit. 
Hrec in commune de Germanorum ori- 
gine, nunc singularum gentium, &c. 
Id. His atque talibus in commune ala- 
cres iter properabant.-IT Communis 
is also common, known every where, usual 
or to be found every where. Cic. prrecepta. 
Id. salutatio. Id. mimi.-H Com¬ 
munis homo, easy, affable , accessible, com¬ 
plaisant. Cic. Eum magis communem 
censemus in victoria futurum fuisse ? 
h. e. magis usurum consilio ceterorum. 
Sueton. Nec ullo spectaculi genere com- 
munior erat. Id. Super cosnam et super 
aleam communissimus. 
CoMMuNITaS (communis), atis, f. com¬ 
munity, a having all things in common, 
common right, fellowship, society. Cic. 
Communitas vita; atque victus. Id. 
Junctum esse alicui communitate. Id. 
Societas et communitas generis huma- 
ni.-H Alsp, the virtue which maintains 
this connection, civil justice. Cic. Omnis 
honestas manat a partibus quatuor, qua- 
rum una est cognitionis, altera commu- 
nitatis, &c. 
COMMONIT£R (Id.), adverb, in common 
1GS 
with others, commonly, conjointly, promis- 
cuously, alike, together, generally. Cic- 
Ex tuis litteris intellexi, et iis, quas com- 
muniter cum aliis scripsisti, et iis, quas 
tuo nomine. Id. Alia epistola commu- 
niter commendavi legatos Arpinatium : 
hac separatim, altogether, as a body. Id, 
Conscripserunt comvnuniter edictum: 
idque quod communiter compositum 
fuerat, solus edixit, by all in common. Id. 
Roscius omnia cum Chrysogono com¬ 
muniter possidet, in common. Id. Au- 
riuin judicium promiscue et communiter 
stultis ac sapientibus a natura datum, 
alike. Id. Qua; communiter de ipsius 
studio locutus sum, generally. Liv. Di- 
an® Epliesi® fanum communiter a civi- 
tatibus Asiffi factum, at the common ex¬ 
pense. Apul. Qu® communiter appella- 
tur propositio, commonly. 
CoMMuNITIS (communio), onis, f. a 
fortifying; a fortification. Vitruv. 
C6MM0RM0R ATI8(commurmuro), onis, 
1 f. a murmuring, particularly of several 
persons. Gell. 
CoMMuRMORS (con & murmuro), as, a. 
1 1. and C5MM0RM0R8R, aris, dep. 1. to 
whisper, murmur together, grumble, mut¬ 
ter. Cic. Ut scriba secum ipse commur- 
muratus sit: ratio quidem, &c. Sil. 
Clauso commurmurat ore. Plin. Con¬ 
gregate inter se commurmurant. 
CoMMOTaBILIS (commuto), e, adject 
changeable, easy to be changed. Cic. Quam 
sit varia vit*, commutabilisque ratio. 
CoMMOTaTe (commutatus), adverb, in 
2 a changed or altered manner. Auct. ad 
Herenn. 
CoMMuTaTXS (commuto), onis, f. a 
changing, change, alteration. Cic. An 
nu® coihmutationes semper eodem mo- 
do liunt.-U Also, a rhetorical figure, 
same as Antimetabole. Auct. ad Herenn. 
-If Also, conversation. Claudius 
Quadrigar. 
CoMMuTaTOS (Id.), us, m. a change. 
3 Lucrct. 
CoMMuTS (con &c muto), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1. to change, alter, peraftaXXco, SiaX- 
Xdrrco. Cic. Fures rerum, quas cepe- 
runt, signa commutant. Q. Cic. vultum 
et sermonem ad sensum et voluntatem 
aliorum. Cic. statum reipubl. Id. ali¬ 
quid ex vero in falsum. Plant. Com¬ 
mutant vestem et nomina inter se. — 
Figur. Cic. Nihil commutantur animo, 
do not alter their opinion. Id. animos. 
-If Often, to exchange, traffic, barter. 
Cic. Cum Regulus de captivis commu- 
tandis Romam missus esset. Colum. 
Mustum primo quoque tempore absumi- 
to, aut ere commutato. Plant. Vin’ 
commutemus? tuam ego ducam, et tu 
meam. Pandect. Commutare vinurn 
pro oleo, vel oleum pro vino. — Fi¬ 
gur. Cic. Commutare gloriam con¬ 
stant® cum cliaritate path®. Id. fidem 
suam et religionem pecunia. Cces. stu- 
dium belli gerendi agricultura. Sallust. 
contumeliam alicujus vita sua, h. c. to 
defame another at the risk of one's life. 
— Commutare verba, to exchange words, 
converse, confer, dispute. Terent. Ut est 
ille bonus vir, tria non commutabitis 
hodie verba inter vos. 
C8M8 (coma), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to put 
3 forth like hair, to clothe with hair. Tertull. 
and Paulin. JVolan. -If See also Co¬ 
mans and Comatus. 
CoM8 (unc.), is, mpsi or msi, inptum or 
1 mtum, a. 3. to arrange, dress, or adorn; 
particularly the head, Kotrpe'v, Kopaio. 
Plant. Arnica mea dum comit, dumque 
se exornat. Tibull. nitidum caput. 
Quintil. caput in gradus atque anulos. 
Id. Inustas comas acu comentes. Mar¬ 
tial. capillos dente secto, to comb. Ovid. 
Comat virgineas hasta recurva comas. 
Horat. Pueri prscincti et compti. Stat. 
colla genasque. Id. cristas. Id. Auri¬ 
ga comit equos. Plin. Coins coinpta, 
h. e. adorned or provided with wool. — 
Figur. Quintil. Comere et expolire ora- 
tionem, to trim, polish. Lucan. Simula¬ 
tion coinpta dolorem, h. e. decked in false 
grief ; or in mourning garments, though 
her grief was feigned. Stat. Comere di- 
vitias, opibusque immittere lucem, h. e. 
ornare, et liberalitate illustres reddere. 
-11 Lucrct. 4. 31. Docui, quibus e 
rebus cum corpore compta vigeret; 
