com

com-mūnis ( comoinis, S. C. de Bacch.), e, adj. [con and root mu-, to bind; Sanscr. mav-; cf.: immunis, munus, moenia], that is common to several or to all, common, general, universal, public (opp. proprius, that belongs to one:

quod commune cum alio est, desinet esse proprium,

Quint. 7, 3, 24; cf. id. 2, 4, 40; 7, 1, 28; 8, 5, 6; 10, 1, 16; 12, 10, 42; 12, 3, 7; v. also the foll.; freq. in all periods and every species of composition); constr. with cum, dat., inter se, or absol.

Prop.:

vetus verbum hoc quidem est: Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 18:

vinea vulpibus et hominibus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 5:

sepulcrum Asiae Europaeque Troja,

Cat. 68, 89:

is fit ei cum Roscio communis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 27; cf.:

alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est,

Sall. C. 1, 2; Nep. Timol. 1, 4.—Esp. freq. in the formula aliquid cum aliquo commune habere:

vetustas habet aliquid commune cum multis, amor non habet,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 2:

cum rerum naturā... quid habere potest commune... gallinaceum fel,

id. Div. 2, 12, 29:

controversia. quae communes minime cum aliis quaestiones habet,

Quint. 5, 10, 110:

illum... nihil vobiscum commune habentem,

Sen. Const. 15, 2:

sciat, se nihil mecum habere commune,

id. Ben. 7, 12, 2:

omnia cum amico communia habebit, qui multa cum homine,

id. Ep. 48, 3; 74, 17; id. Q. N. 2, 37, 2: nec habet (pecudum natura) quidquam commune cum caelo, Lact. de Ira Dei, 7, 4; 8, 3; App. de Deo Socr. 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 9; Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 25, B:

vitium commune omnium est,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 30; cf. Cic. Sen. 11, 35; Lucr. 5, 260; 3, 326; 5, 555:

communis imperii (i. e. Romani) fines,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; cf.

libertas,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

salus,

id. ib. 6, 15:

utilitas,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 6:

mors,

natural, Eutr. 7, 8:

verba,

i. e. prose, Claud. Epig. 81, 3:

jus gentium,

Nep. Them. 7, 4 et saep.: vitae ignarus, ignorant of life, i. e. of the customs of society, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

sensu caret,

of a sense of propriety, Hor. S. 1, 3, 66 Heind.; cf.:

sit in beneficio sensus communis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; id. Ep. 5, 4; 105, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 20; cf.

also: communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

communis locus, euphem.,

the lower world, Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; and for a brothel, Sen. Contr. 1, 2, p. 83 Bip.—In plur.:

loca,

public places, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112; id. Fam. 13, 11, 1;

but loci, in philos. lang.,

a commonplace, common topic, id. de Or. 3, 27, 106; id. Or. 36, 126; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 2, 1, 11; 5, 1, 3; 5, 12, 15; v. locus.—

Subst.: commūne, is, n., that which is common.

In gen., plur.:

ut communibus pro communibus utatur, privatis ut suis,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

paucis ostendi gemis et communia laudas,

publicity, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 4; Ov. M. 13, 271.—In sing.:

de communi aliquid consequi,

Dig. 17, 2, 52; so Paul. Sent. 1, 18, § 3:

jus communi dividundo,

Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; cf. Gai Inst. 4, 42; Dig. 2, 1, 11, § 2 al.—

Esp. = to koinon, a community, state: commune Latium, Cinc. ap. Fest. p. 241, 18 Müll.:

Commune Milyadum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95:

Siciliae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 46, § 114; 2, 2, 59, § 145;

2, 2, 63, § 154: gentis Pelasgae,

Ov. M. 12, 7; cf.:

communis Graecia,

id. ib. 13, 199; and: res communis = respublica, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 522, 17.—

In commune.

For common use, for all, for a common object, end, advantage, etc.:

metuere,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 20:

consulere,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 16; Tac. A. 12, 5:

conferre,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; id. Inv. 2, 3, 8:

vocare honores,

i. e. to bestow equally upon patricians and plebeians, Liv. 6, 40, 18:

profutura,

Quint. 6, 1, 7:

laborare (apes),

id. 5, 11, 24.—Rarely in communi:

ponere libertatem,

Tac. A. 13, 27.—

In general, generally (in post-Aug. prose):

de jure omni disputandum,

Quint. 7, 1, 49; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 9; Tac. G. 27; 38; 40 al.—

Halves! Sen. Ep. 119, 1; Phaedr. 5, 7, 3.—

Trop.

That represents the common sentiment, democratic:

qui in bello... suo et certorum hominum consilio uteretur, eum magis communem censemus in victoriā futurum fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 2.—

Of manners, accessible, familiar, courteous, condescending, affable (kindr. in sense with comis; hence in MSS. very freq. interchanged with it;

v. comis): simplicem et communem et consentientem eligi (amicum) par est,

Cic. Lael. 18, 65; so id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

communis infimis, par principibus,

Nep. Att. 3, 1; so Eutr. 8, 5; cf. communitas.— Comp., Suet. Claud. 21 dub. (al. comior).— Sup., Suet. Vesp. 22 dub. (al. comissimus).—

T. t.

In rhet.:

commune exordium, quod nihilo minus in hanc quam in contrariam partem causae potest convenire,

equally appropriate to either side of a cause, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26; cf. Quint. 4, 1, 71; Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11; Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 319.—

In gram.: verbum, a common verb, i. e. one that has both an active and passive signification, Gell. 15, 13, 1; Prisc. p. 787 P.: syllaba = anceps, i. e. either long or short, Don. p. 1389 P.; Charis. p. 3 ib.; Diom. p. 423 ib.:

genus,

of both masculine and feminine gender, Charis. p. 126 ib. et saep.— Hence, Advv.

Class. form commū-nĭter, together, in common, jointly, generally (very freq.), Varr. R. R. 2, 10; Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108; id. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Nep. Pelop. 2, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 13; Ov. M. 6, 262.—Opp. proprie, Quint. 9, 1, 23;

opp. separatim,

Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; cf. id. Arch. 12, 32.—

* Comp., Diom. p. 480 P.—

commūnĭtus: deos colere, Varr. ap. Non. p. 510, 5.

com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).

Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

unum locum,

Just. 13, 2, 1:

unam speciosam (puellam),

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—

Neutr., to meet or come together.

Lit. (very rare):

ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

Suet. Caes. 40:

si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—

Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

id. H. 3, 73:

aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 17:

ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

Liv. 22, 5, 3:

ei loci situs ita competit,

Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —

To belong, be due to:

actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

Quint. 3, 6, 11:

mihi adversus te actio competit,

Dig. 19, 1, 25:

poena competit in aliquem,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

hereditas competit, alicui,

Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

libertas servo competere potest,

Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,

com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.

Corresponding to:

personae rebus,

App. Flor. 16:

ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—

Competent, legal:

judex,

Dig. 2, 1, 19:

tribunal,

ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—

compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

consulere alicui,

Dig. 24, 3, 22:

punire,

ib. 22, 5, 16.—

* Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—

* Sup.:

uti Platone,

App. Mag. p. 316, 22.

com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).

Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

unum locum,

Just. 13, 2, 1:

unam speciosam (puellam),

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—

Neutr., to meet or come together.

Lit. (very rare):

ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

Suet. Caes. 40:

si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—

Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

id. H. 3, 73:

aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 17:

ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

Liv. 22, 5, 3:

ei loci situs ita competit,

Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —

To belong, be due to:

actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

Quint. 3, 6, 11:

mihi adversus te actio competit,

Dig. 19, 1, 25:

poena competit in aliquem,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

hereditas competit, alicui,

Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

libertas servo competere potest,

Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,

com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.

Corresponding to:

personae rebus,

App. Flor. 16:

ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—

Competent, legal:

judex,

Dig. 2, 1, 19:

tribunal,

ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—

compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

consulere alicui,

Dig. 24, 3, 22:

punire,

ib. 22, 5, 16.—

* Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—

* Sup.:

uti Platone,

App. Mag. p. 316, 22.

1) запятнать, замарать ( manūs sanguine V)

2) опозорить, осквернить (se cum aliquo miscendo Sl; flagitiis commaculati T)