A sacrament

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commūnĭco ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( dep. access. form, communicati sint = communicaverint, Liv. 4, 24, 2) [communis].

To divide something with one, whether in giving or receiving.

In giving, to divide a thing with one, to communicate, impart, to share; esp. freq. of imparting in discourse (very freq. in all periods); constr. usu. aliquid cum aliquo; also inter aliquos, alicui, aliquem aliquā re. cum aliquo de aliquā re and absol.

With aliquid cum aliquo:

ut si quam praestantiam virtutis, ingenii, fortunae consecuti sunt, impertiant ea suis communicentque cum proximis,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 125; id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 33: auxilium [p. 384] sibi te putat adjunxisse, qui cum altero rem communicat, id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

suam causam cum Chrysogono,

id. ib. 48, 140:

cum iis praemium communicat, hortaturque ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37:

civitatem nostram vobiscum,

Liv. 23, 5, 9:

causam civium cum servis fugitivis,

Sall. C. 56, 5:

at sua Tydides mecum communicat acta (i. e. me socium sumit actorum),

Ov. M. 13, 239:

consilia cum finitimis civitatibus,

to make common cause, to take common counsel, commune, consult, Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

cum plebeiis magistratibus,

Liv. 6, 11, 7; 28, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 56:

curam doloris cum aliquo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.—Of discourse:

homo, quocum omnia, quae me curā aliquā adficiunt, una communicem,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

ea quae didicerant, cum civibus suis communicare non poterant,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 8; id. de Or. 1, 15, 66; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; Caes. B. G. 6, 20 al.; so cum aliquo de aliquā re:

Pompeius, qui mecum... de te communicare solet,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

is mecum de tuā mansione communicat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 5:

cum compluribus de ratione belli,

Suet. Tib. 18. —

Aliquid inter aliquos:

cum de societate inter se multa communicarent,

Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

socii putandi sunt, quos inter res communicata est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50:

ut quibus de rebus vellemus, tu tuis, ego meis, inter nos communicaremus,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 2; 11, 27, 2:

communicato inter se consilio,

Liv. 8, 25, 9 (cf. a); Suet. Dom. 7.—

Alicui aliquid, or de aliquā re (in Cic. only when the other party sharing is expressed by cum and abl.; cf.

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 250): quibus communicare de maximis rebus Pompeius consuerat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18 (Dinter, ex conj., quibuscum):

hisque omnium domus patent victusque communicatur,

id. B. G. 6, 23 fin.;

so with redditur,

id. ib. 6, 13:

sibi communicatum cum alio, non ademptum imperium esse,

Liv. 22, 27, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.:

id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,

Cic. Brut. 73, 254; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14 Halm ad loc.; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 5; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; Mamert. Pan. Max. 10; Cic. Pis. 39, 94 Ascon.—

Aliquem aliquā re:

communicabo semper te mensā meā,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 50.—

Absol.: nonne prius communicatum oportuit? * Ter. And. 1, 5, 4; Cic. Sull. 3, 9:

et secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia et adversas partiens communicansque leviores,

id. Lael. 6, 22; Quint. 9, 2, 22:

ut ad se veniat rationesque belli gerendi communicet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

consilia communicant,

id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 18, 5; Suet. Aug. 75 fin.; Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 108; Quint. 9, 2, 22.—

Transf. of things: aliquid cum aliquā re, to join to an equal part, to unite:

viri, quantas pecunias ab uxoribus dotis nomine acceperunt, tantas ex suis bonis cum dotibus communicant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19:

privabo potius illum debito testimonio, quam id cum meā laude communicem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Fam. 12, 2, 1.—

In late Lat.: cum aliquo or alicui, to have intercourse with an inferior:

ne cum peregrinis communicarent,

Just. 36, 2, 15:

malis,

with evil-disposed persons, Aug. Ep. 162:

ne communices homini indocto,

Vulg. Ecclus. 8, 5.—Also alicui rei, to take part in, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 22.—

In receiving, to share something with one, to lake or receive a part, to partake, participate in (also class.).

Aliquid cum aliquo:

ut me juves Conmunicesque hanc mecum meam provinciam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 153; cf.:

provinciam cum Antonio,

Cic. Pis. 2, 5:

inimicitias mecum,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 2:

qui sibi cum illo rationem communicatam putat,

believes that he has all things in common with him, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf. id. ib. 48, 140; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 2. § 5 Zumpt; Liv. 22, 27, 8:

haud dubitavit (Thalestris) fateri ad communicandos cum rege liberos se venisse,

Curt. 6, 5, 30 Vogel ad loc.—

Absol.:

primo labores et discrimina, mox et gloriam communicabat,

Tac. Agr. 8.—

Alicui (late Lat.):

altari Christi,

to receive the sacrament, Aug. Ep. 162; id. contra Cresc. 3, 36.—

In Tertull., acc. to communis, II., to make common, i. e. low, base, to contaminate, defile, Tert. Spect. 17; id. Patient. 8.

com-mūnĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to fortify on all sides or strongly, to secure, barricade, intrench (class.).

Prop.:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Alcib. 7, 4:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 2, 32, 4; 21, 32, 11; 42, 58, 1:

loca castellis idonea,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

hibernacula,

Liv. 22, 32, 1:

praesidium,

id. 2, 49, 8:

tumulum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 43.— Transf.:

os arteriae,

Gell. 17, 11, 5.—

Trop., to make sure, to strengthen:

auctoritatem aulae,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6 (cf. aula, II. A.):

causam testimoniis,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 43:

jus,

id. Caecin. 26, 74.

commūnĭo, ōnis, f. [communis], a communion, mutual participation (several times in Cicero, elsewhere rare).

In gen.:

inter quos est communio legis, inter eos communio juris est,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

sanguinis,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

litterarum et vocum,

id. Tusc. 5, 2, 5: sermonis, * Suet. Aug. 74:

parietum,

Tac. A. 15, 43:

victoriae,

id. ib. 12, 19:

temporum alicujus,

Cic. Mil. 36, 100:

beneficiorum, praemiorum civitatis,

id. Balb. 12, 29:

visorum,

id. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

plures partes communione complecti,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

in pristinā communione manere,

id. ib. 3, 19, 72:

sagariam communionem inire,

Dig. 17, 2, 52.—

In eccl. Lat.

Church communion, Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 2, 45; 2, 37; Aug. in Ps. 57, n. 15.—Hence,

The sacrament of the Lord ' s supper, communion:

sancti altaris,

Aug. Ep. 54, 6.

commūnĭco ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( dep. access. form, communicati sint = communicaverint, Liv. 4, 24, 2) [communis].

To divide something with one, whether in giving or receiving.

In giving, to divide a thing with one, to communicate, impart, to share; esp. freq. of imparting in discourse (very freq. in all periods); constr. usu. aliquid cum aliquo; also inter aliquos, alicui, aliquem aliquā re. cum aliquo de aliquā re and absol.

With aliquid cum aliquo:

ut si quam praestantiam virtutis, ingenii, fortunae consecuti sunt, impertiant ea suis communicentque cum proximis,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 125; id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 33: auxilium [p. 384] sibi te putat adjunxisse, qui cum altero rem communicat, id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

suam causam cum Chrysogono,

id. ib. 48, 140:

cum iis praemium communicat, hortaturque ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37:

civitatem nostram vobiscum,

Liv. 23, 5, 9:

causam civium cum servis fugitivis,

Sall. C. 56, 5:

at sua Tydides mecum communicat acta (i. e. me socium sumit actorum),

Ov. M. 13, 239:

consilia cum finitimis civitatibus,

to make common cause, to take common counsel, commune, consult, Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

cum plebeiis magistratibus,

Liv. 6, 11, 7; 28, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 56:

curam doloris cum aliquo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.—Of discourse:

homo, quocum omnia, quae me curā aliquā adficiunt, una communicem,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

ea quae didicerant, cum civibus suis communicare non poterant,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 8; id. de Or. 1, 15, 66; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; Caes. B. G. 6, 20 al.; so cum aliquo de aliquā re:

Pompeius, qui mecum... de te communicare solet,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

is mecum de tuā mansione communicat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 5:

cum compluribus de ratione belli,

Suet. Tib. 18. —

Aliquid inter aliquos:

cum de societate inter se multa communicarent,

Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

socii putandi sunt, quos inter res communicata est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50:

ut quibus de rebus vellemus, tu tuis, ego meis, inter nos communicaremus,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 2; 11, 27, 2:

communicato inter se consilio,

Liv. 8, 25, 9 (cf. a); Suet. Dom. 7.—

Alicui aliquid, or de aliquā re (in Cic. only when the other party sharing is expressed by cum and abl.; cf.

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 250): quibus communicare de maximis rebus Pompeius consuerat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18 (Dinter, ex conj., quibuscum):

hisque omnium domus patent victusque communicatur,

id. B. G. 6, 23 fin.;

so with redditur,

id. ib. 6, 13:

sibi communicatum cum alio, non ademptum imperium esse,

Liv. 22, 27, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.:

id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,

Cic. Brut. 73, 254; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14 Halm ad loc.; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 5; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; Mamert. Pan. Max. 10; Cic. Pis. 39, 94 Ascon.—

Aliquem aliquā re:

communicabo semper te mensā meā,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 50.—

Absol.: nonne prius communicatum oportuit? * Ter. And. 1, 5, 4; Cic. Sull. 3, 9:

et secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia et adversas partiens communicansque leviores,

id. Lael. 6, 22; Quint. 9, 2, 22:

ut ad se veniat rationesque belli gerendi communicet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

consilia communicant,

id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 18, 5; Suet. Aug. 75 fin.; Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 108; Quint. 9, 2, 22.—

Transf. of things: aliquid cum aliquā re, to join to an equal part, to unite:

viri, quantas pecunias ab uxoribus dotis nomine acceperunt, tantas ex suis bonis cum dotibus communicant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19:

privabo potius illum debito testimonio, quam id cum meā laude communicem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Fam. 12, 2, 1.—

In late Lat.: cum aliquo or alicui, to have intercourse with an inferior:

ne cum peregrinis communicarent,

Just. 36, 2, 15:

malis,

with evil-disposed persons, Aug. Ep. 162:

ne communices homini indocto,

Vulg. Ecclus. 8, 5.—Also alicui rei, to take part in, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 22.—

In receiving, to share something with one, to lake or receive a part, to partake, participate in (also class.).

Aliquid cum aliquo:

ut me juves Conmunicesque hanc mecum meam provinciam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 153; cf.:

provinciam cum Antonio,

Cic. Pis. 2, 5:

inimicitias mecum,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 2:

qui sibi cum illo rationem communicatam putat,

believes that he has all things in common with him, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf. id. ib. 48, 140; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 2. § 5 Zumpt; Liv. 22, 27, 8:

haud dubitavit (Thalestris) fateri ad communicandos cum rege liberos se venisse,

Curt. 6, 5, 30 Vogel ad loc.—

Absol.:

primo labores et discrimina, mox et gloriam communicabat,

Tac. Agr. 8.—

Alicui (late Lat.):

altari Christi,

to receive the sacrament, Aug. Ep. 162; id. contra Cresc. 3, 36.—

In Tertull., acc. to communis, II., to make common, i. e. low, base, to contaminate, defile, Tert. Spect. 17; id. Patient. 8.

sā̆crāmentum, i, n. [sacro].

In good class. Lat., a jurid. and milit. t. t.

Jurid. t. t., the sum which the two parties to a suit at first deposited, but afterwards became bound for, with the tresviri capitales; so called because the sum deposited by the losing party was used for religious purposes, esp. for the sacra publica; v. Fest. p. 344 Müll.; or, perh. more correctly, because the money was deposited in a sacred place; v. the foll. passage of Varro and Müller's note. (Another reason is given in Isid. Orig. 5, 24 fin.: sacramentum est pignus sponsionis; vocatum autem sacramentum, quia violare, quod quisque promittit, perfidia est): ea pecunia, quae in judicium venit in litibus, sacramentum a sacro. Qui petebat et qui infitiabatur, de aliis rebus utrique quingenos aeris ad pontem deponebant, de aliis rebus item certo alio legitimo numero assum;

qui judicio vicerat, suom sacramentum e sacro auferebat, victi ad aerarium redibat,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 180 Müll. N. cr.: qui prior vindicaverat, dicebat: quando tu injuria vindicavisti, de aeris sacramento te provoco; adversarius quoque dicebat: similiter ego te;

seu L. asses sacramenti nominabant... Postea praedes Praetor ab utroque accipiebat sacramenti, quod id in publicum cedebat,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16; cf. id. ib. 4, 16, § 13 sq.;

95: sacramenti autem nomine id aes dici coeptum est quod et propter aerarii inopiam et sacrorum publicorum multitudinem consumebatur id in rebus divinis,

Fest. p. 344 Müll.: cum in rem aliquam agerent litigatores et poena se sacramenti peterent, poscebant judicem, qui dabatur post trigesimum diem, Pseudo-Ascon. ad. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26 (p. 164 Orell.):

de multae sacramento consules comitiis centuriatis tulerunt,

Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60.—

Meton., a cause, a civil suit or process:

decemviri re quaesitā et deliberatā sacramentum nostrum justum judicaverunt,

Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; cf.

transf. in gen.: homines graves, quibuscum tibi justo sacramento contendere, non liceret,

on equal terms, with a fair chance of success, id. de Or. 1, 10, 42: cetera... entechna et arguta adparebunt, ut sacramento contendas mea non esse, lay a wager, i. e. confidently assert, id. Fam. 7, 32, 2:

injustis vindiciis ac sacramentis ali enos fundos petere,

id. Mil. 27, 74: si Xviri [p. 1612] sacramentum in libertatem injustum judicassent, id. Dom. 29, 78.—

Milit. t. t. (cf. infra, 2, the passage from Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36), orig. the preliminary engagement entered into by newly-enlisted troops (this was followed by the proper military oath, jusjurandum, which was at first voluntary, but, after the second Punic war, was demanded by the military tribune): milites tum (i.e. 538 A.U.C.), quod numquam antea factum erat, jurejurando ab tribunis militum adacti milites [jussu consulis conventuros]: nam ad eam diem nihil praeter sacramentum fuerat;

et, ubi ad decuriatum aut centuriatum convenissent, suā voluntate ipsi inter sese decuriati equites, centuriati pedites conjurabant, sese fugae atque formidinis ergo non abituros neque ex ordine recessuros, nisi, etc.... Id ex voluntario inter ipsos foedere ad tribunos ac legitimam juris jurandi adactionem translatum,

Liv. 22, 38, 2 seq. Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 4; and v. Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 292 sq.—Hence, since that time,

For jusjurandum, the military oath of allegiance (very freq. and class.):

milites Domitianos sacramentum apud se dicere jubet,

to take the oath of allegiance, Caes. B. C. 1, 23; so,

sacramentum dicere,

id. ib. 1, 86 fin.:

quos consulis sacramento rogavisset,

id. B. G. 6, 1:

sacramentum dicere alicui,

Tac. A. 1, 28; and in a like signif. in Livy: sacramento (abl.) dicere, Liv. 2, 24 fin.; 4, 53; 25, 5; 41, 5 fin.:

sacramento dicere alicui,

id. 24, 8: ut omnes minores quinquaginta annis sacramento (abl.) rogaret, should administer the oath of allegiance to them, swear them in, id. 40, 26; so,

rogare (aliquos) sacramento,

id. 32, 26; 35, 2; Quint. 12, 2, 26;

in a like sense: adigere sacramento aliquos,

Liv. 4, 5; 7, 11; 9, 29; Tac. A. 1, 37; id. H. 1, 55:

adigere aliquos sacramento Othonis,

id. ib. 1, 76:

Vitellii,

id. ib. 2, 55:

Vespasiani,

id. ib. 2, 79:

adigere aliquos sacramento in nomen senatūs,

Suet. Galb. 16:

sacramento aliquem tenere... sacramento tenere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32; cf.:

secundo eum obliget militiae sacramento, quia, priore amisso, jure cum hostibus pugnare non poterat,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (in which passage the primary jurid. signif. is alluded to):

ex quibus (legionibus) aetate aut valetudine fessi sacramento solvebantur,

Tac. A. 16, 13 fin.:

legionibus, quae sacramentum mutaverant, in paenitentiam conversis,

i. e. had revolted, Suet. Claud. 13; cf.:

paenitentia mutati sacramenti,

id. Galb. 10:

alicujus sacramentum exuere,

Tac. H. 3, 42:

hoc sacramento (viz. in the service of Bacchus) initiatos juvenes milites faciendos censetis?

Liv. 39, 15.—

Transf., in gen., an oath, a solemn obligation or engagement (mostly post-Aug.):

ut sacramento contendas mea non esse,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2:

non ego perfidum Dixi sacramentum: ibimus, ibimus, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 10:

in verba Eumolpi sacramentum juravimus,

Petr. 117, 5:

amicitiae sacramentum delevi,

id. 80, 4:

sacramento quodam nexi,

Just. 20, 4, 14:

se sacramento obstringere, ne, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 10, 96 (97), 7:

si quod inesset mutis animalibus tacitum ac naturale sacramentum,

App. M. 3, p. 140, 31.—

In eccl. and late Lat., something to be kept sacred.

A secret:

sacramentum regis abscondere,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 7.—

The gospel revelation: nolite verba, cum sacramentum meum Erit canendum, providenter quaerere, Prud. steph. 10,15.—

A mystery:

sacramentum stellarum,

Vulg. Apoc. 1, 20:

pietatis,

id. 1 Tim. 3, 16; Lact. 7, 24; Aug. de Agone Christi, 24.—

A sacrament:

signa, cum ad res divinas pertinent, sacramenta appellantur,

Aug. Ep. 138:

baptismi,

id. Doctr. Christ. 3, 13:

sanguinis Christi,

id. Ep. ad Bonif. 98, 9:

(matrimonii),

Vulg. Eph. 5, 32.—

The office of the ministry:

Athanasium episcopum... coctus in unum quaesitus (synodus ut appellant) removit a sacramento quod obtinebat,

Amm. 15, 7, 7.