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  • 1 committo

    com-mitto ( con-m-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    Of two or more objects, to bring, join, combine into one whole; to join or put together, to connect, unite.
    A.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic.), constr. inter se, cum aliquā re, alicui, with in and acc., and with acc. only.
    (α).
    Inter se:

    res in ordinem digestae atque inter se commissae,

    Quint. 7, prooem. §

    1: per nondum commissa inter se munimenta urbem intravit,

    Liv. 38, 4, 8; cf. thus with inter se:

    oras vulneris suturis,

    Cels. 7, 19:

    duo verba,

    Quint. 9, 4, 33:

    easdem litteras,

    id. ib.:

    duo comparativa,

    id. 9, 3, 19.—
    (β).
    With cum:

    costae committuntur cum osse pectoris,

    Cels. 8, 1.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    viam a Placentiā ut Flaminiae committeret,

    Liv. 39, 2, 10:

    quā naris fronti committitur,

    is joined to, Ov. M. 12, 315:

    quā vir equo commissus erat,

    id. ib. 12, 478 (of a Centaur); cf.

    of Scylla: delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum,

    Verg. A. 3, 428:

    commissa dextera dextrae,

    Ov. H. 2, 31:

    medulla spinae commissa cerebro,

    Cels. 8, 1:

    moles, quae urbem continenti committeret,

    Curt. 4, 2, 16; Flor. 1, 4, 2 Duker.—
    (δ).
    With in and acc.:

    commissa in unum crura,

    Ov. M. 4, 580:

    committuntur suturae in unguem,

    Cels. 8, 1.—
    (ε).
    With acc. only: barbaricam pestem navibus obtulit, commissam infabre, Pac. ap. Non. p. 40, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 271 Rib.):

    commissis operibus,

    Liv. 38, 7, 10:

    fidibusque mei commissa mariti moenia,

    Ov. M. 6, 178:

    (terra) maria committeret,

    Curt. 3, 1, 13; 7, 7, 14:

    noctes duas,

    Ov. Am. 1, 13, 46; cf.: nocte commissā. Sen. Herc. Oet. 1698:

    commissa corpore toto,

    Ov. M. 4, 369; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 248, 25: cervix committitur primo [p. 380] artu, Val. Fl. 4, 310:

    domus plumbo commissa,

    patched, Juv. 14, 310.—
    B.
    In partic., to set or bring men or animals together in a contest or fight, as competitors, etc., to set together, set on (freq. in Suet.;

    elsewhere rare): pugiles Latinos cum Graecis,

    Suet. Aug. 45:

    quingenis peditibus, elephantis vicenis, tricenis equitibus hinc et inde commissis,

    id. Caes. 39; id. Claud. 34:

    camelorum quadrigas,

    id. Ner. 11; Luc. 1, 97:

    victores committe,

    Mart. 8, 43, 3; cf. id. Spect. 28, 1:

    licet Aenean Rutulumque ferocem Committas,

    i.e. you describe their contest in your poem, you bring them in contact with each other, Juv. 1, 162:

    eunucho Bromium committere noli,

    id. 6, 378:

    inter se omnes,

    Suet. Calig. 56:

    aequales inter se,

    id. Gram. 17.—
    b.
    Trop., to bring together for comparison, to compare, put together, match:

    committit vates et comparat, inde Maronem, Atque aliā parte in trutinā suspendit Homerum,

    Juv. 6, 436; cf. Prop. 2, 3, 21; Mart. 7, 24, 1.—
    2.
    Transf., of a battle, war: proelium, certamen, bellum, etc.
    a.
    To arrange a battle or contest, to enter upon, engage in, begin, join, commence, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    proelii committendi signum dare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    cum proelium commissum audissent,

    id. ib. 7, 62:

    commisso ab equitibus proelio,

    id. B. C. 1, 40:

    in aciem exercitum eduxit proeliumque commisit,

    Nep. Eum. 3 fin.; id. Hann. 11, 3; id. Milt. 6, 3; Just. 2, 12, 7; 15, 4, 22; 22, 6, 6:

    postquam eo ventum est, ut a ferentariis proelium committi posset,

    Sall. C. 60, 2:

    commisso proelio, diutius nostrorum militum impetum hostes ferre non potuerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 35; id. B. C. 1, 13; 2, 6 Kraner ad loc.:

    Caesar cohortatus suos proelium commisit,

    id. ib. 1, 25:

    utrum proelium committi ex usu esset, necne,

    id. ib. 1, 50; 1, 52; 2, 19; Nep. Milt. 5, 3:

    pridie quam Siciliensem pugnam classe committeret,

    Suet. Aug. 96:

    avidus committere pugnam,

    Sil. 8, 619:

    pugnas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 143:

    rixae committendae causā,

    Liv. 5, 25, 2:

    cum vates monere eum (regem) coepit, ne committeret, aut certe differret obsidionem,

    Curt. 9, 4, 27.—Of a drinking contest for a wager:

    a summo septenis cyathis committe hos ludos,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 19:

    nondum commisso spectaculo,

    Liv. 2, 36, 1:

    musicum agona,

    Suet. Ner. 23:

    aciem,

    Flor. 4, 2, 46:

    commissum (bellum) ac profligatum conficere,

    Liv. 21, 40, 11; 8, 25, 5; 31, 28, 1 al.; cf.:

    si quis trium temporum momenta consideret, primo commissum bellum, profligatum secundo, tertio vero confectum est,

    Flor. 2, 15, 2:

    committere Martem,

    Sil. 13, 155:

    quo die ludi committebantur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

    ludos dedicationis,

    Suet. Claud. 21:

    ludos,

    Verg. A. 5, 113.—
    b.
    In gen., to maintain a contest, etc., to fight a battle, to hold, celebrate games, etc. (rare):

    illam pugnam navalem... mediocri certamine commissam arbitraris?

    Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

    levia inde proelia per quatriduum commissa,

    Liv. 34, 37, 7:

    commisso modico certamine,

    id. 23, 44, 5.—
    (β).
    Absol. (post-Aug. and rare):

    contra quem Sulla iterum commisit,

    Eutr. 5, 6; 9, 24; Dig. 9, 1, 1:

    priusquam committeretur,

    before the contest began, Suet. Vesp. 5.—
    3.
    In gen.: committere aliquid, to begin any course of action, to undertake, carry on, hold (rare):

    tribuni sanguine commissa proscriptio,

    Vell. 2, 64 fin.:

    judicium inter sicarios committitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11. —In part. perf.:

    egregie ad ultimum in audacter commisso perseveravit,

    Liv. 44, 4, 11; cf. id. ib. § 8; 44, 6, 14.—
    4.
    In partic., to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; to commit a crime (very freq. and class.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    ut neque timeant, qui nihil commiserint, et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent, qui peccaverint,

    Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 30:

    commississe cavet quod mox mutare laboret,

    Hor. A. P. 168:

    ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti, Verri crimini daturus sum,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

    quantum flagitii,

    id. Brut. 61, 219:

    tantum facinus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:

    virilis audaciae facinora,

    Sall. C. 25, 1:

    majus delictum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4:

    nil nefandum,

    Ov. M. 9, 626:

    nefarias res,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2:

    scelus,

    id. Sull. 2, 6; Dig. 48, 9, 7:

    adulterium,

    Quint. 7, 2, 11; 7, 3, 1:

    incestum cum filio,

    id. 5, 10, 19:

    parricidium,

    id. 7, 2, 2:

    caedem,

    id. 7, 4, 43; 10, 1, 12; 5, 12, 3:

    sacrilegium,

    id. 7, 2, 18:

    fraudem,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 31.— Aliquid adversus, in, erga:

    committere multa et in deos et in homines impie nefarieque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6; cf.:

    in te,

    Verg. A. 1, 231:

    aliquid adversus populum Romanum,

    Liv. 42, 38, 3:

    aliquid erga te,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20, 3.—
    (β).
    Committere contra legem, in legem, lege, to offend, sin, commit an offence:

    quasi committeret contra legem,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 48:

    in legem Juliam de adulteriis,

    Dig. 48, 5, 39; 48, 10, 13:

    adversus testamentum,

    ib. 34, 3, 8, § 2:

    ne lege censoriā committant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

    lege de sicariis,

    Quint. 7, 1, 9. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    hoc si in posterum edixisses, minus esset nefarium... nemo enim committeret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 110.—
    (δ).
    With ut, to be guilty or be in fault, so that, to give occasion or cause, that, to act so as that:

    id me commissurum ut patiar fieri,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 78:

    non committet hodie iterum ut vapulet,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 5:

    ego nolo quemquam civem committere, ut morte multandus sit: tu, etiam si commiserit, conservandum putas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15:

    committere ut accusator nominere,

    id. Off. 2, 14, 50; so Liv. 25, 6, 17:

    non committam, ut tibi ipse insanire videar,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3; 3, 7, 3; id. Att. 1, 6, 1; 1, 20, 3; id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; id. Off. 3, 2, 6; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1, Quint. 1, 10, 30; 5, 13, 27; Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37.—More rare in a like sense,
    (ε).
    With cur or quare:

    Caedicius negare se commissurum, cur sibi quisquam imperium finiret,

    Liv. 5, 46, 6:

    neque commissum a se, quare timeret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 14.—
    (ζ).
    With inf.:

    non committunt scamna facere,

    Col. 2, 4, 3:

    infelix committit saepe repelli,

    Ov. M. 9, 632.—
    b.
    Poenam, multam, etc., jurid. t. t., to bring punishment upon one ' s self by an error or fault, to incur, make one ' s self liable to it:

    poenam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 30; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; and:

    committere in poenam edicti,

    Dig. 2, 2, 4:

    ut illam multam non commiserit,

    Cic. Clu. 37, 103; Dig. 35, 1, 6 pr.—
    (β).
    Committi, with a definite object, to be forfeited or confiscated, as a penalty:

    hereditas Veneri Erycinae commissa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 2, 14, § 36; so,

    commissae hypothecae,

    id. Fam. 13, 56, 2:

    commissa tibi fiducia,

    id. Fl. 21, 51:

    merces,

    Dig. 39, 4, 11, § 2:

    mancipium,

    ib. 39, 14, 6:

    praedia in publicum,

    ib. 3, 5, 12:

    hanc devotionem capitis esse commissam,

    incurred, Cic. Dom. 57, 145.—
    c.
    Also (mostly in jurid. Lat.) of laws, judicial regulations, promises, etc., that become binding in consequence of the fulfilment of a condition as the commission of a crime, etc.:

    in civitatem obligatam sponsione commissa iratis omnibus diis,

    a promise the condition of which has been fulfilled, Liv. 9, 11, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    hanc ego devotionem capitis mei... convictam esse et commissam putabo,

    Cic. Dom. 57, 145:

    si alius committat edictum,

    transgresses, incurs its penalty, makes himself liable to, Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 11; cf.:

    commisso edicto ab alio filio, ib. lex 8, § 4: commisso per alium edicto, ib. lex 10, § 1 al.: statim atque commissa lex est,

    ib. 18, 3, 4, § 2:

    committetur stipulatio,

    ib. 24, 3, 56.
    II.
    To place a thing somewhere for preservation, protection, care, etc.; to give, intrust, commit to, to give up or resign to, to trust (syn.: commendo, trado, credo; very freq. and class.); constr. with aliquid ( aliquem) alicui, in aliquid, or absol.
    (α).
    Aliquid ( aliquem, se) alicui:

    honor non solum datus sed etiam creditus ac commissus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

    nec illi (Catoni) committendum illud negotium, sed inponendum putaverunt,

    id. Sest. 28, 60:

    qui capita vestra non dubitatis credere, cui calceandos nemo commisit pedes?

    Phaedr. 1, 14, 16:

    ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf. id. And. 1, 5, 61):

    ne quid committam tibi,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 21; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

    his salutem nostram, his fortunas, his liberos rectissime committi arbitramur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; id. Att. 1, 13, 1; cf. id. ib. §

    4: tibi rem magnam,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; id. Mil. 25, 68:

    quia commissi sunt eis magistratus,

    id. Planc. 25, 61:

    summum imperium potestatemque omnium rerum alicui,

    Nep. Lys. 1 fin.:

    domino rem omnem,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 67:

    caput tonsori,

    id. A. P. 301:

    ratem pelago,

    id. C. 1, 3, 11:

    sulcis semina (corresp. with spem credere terrae),

    Verg. G. 1, 223; cf.:

    committere semen sitienti solo,

    Col. 2, 8, 4:

    ulcus frigori,

    Cels. 6, 18, n. 2:

    aliquid litteris,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1, 8; so,

    verba tabellis,

    Ov. M. 9, 587:

    vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 11 al.:

    committere se populo, senatui, publicis praesidiis et armis (corresp. with se tradere),

    Cic. Mil. 23, 61; so,

    se urbi,

    id. Att. 15, 11, 1:

    se theatro populoque Romano,

    id. Sest. 54, 116:

    se proelio,

    Liv. 4, 59, 2:

    se pugnae,

    id. 5, 32, 4:

    se publico,

    to venture into the streets, Suet. Ner. 26:

    se neque navigationi, neque viae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; cf. id. Phil. 12, 10, 25; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

    se timidius fortunae,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

    civilibus fluctibus,

    Nep. Att. 6, 1 al. —Prov.: ovem lupo (Gr. kataleipein oïn en lukoisi), Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16.—
    (β).
    Aliquid ( aliquem, se) in aliquid (so esp. freq. in Liv.):

    aliquid in alicujus fidem committere,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 34; cf. Liv. 30, 14, 4:

    se in id conclave,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64:

    se in conspectum populi Romani,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf. Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2:

    se in senatum,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2; id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

    summae fuisse dementiae dubiā spe impulsum certum in periculum se committere,

    id. Inv. 2, 8, 27:

    rem in casum ancipitis eventus,

    Liv. 4, 27, 6; cf.:

    duos filios in aleam ejus casus,

    id. 40, 21, 6:

    rem in aciem,

    id. 3, 2, 12; cf.:

    se in aciem,

    id. 7, 26, 11; 23, 11, 10;

    rempublicam in discrimen,

    id. 8, 32, 4; cf.:

    rerum summam in discrimen,

    id. 33, 7, 10. —
    (γ).
    Simply alicui, or entirely absol.:

    sanan' es, Quae isti committas?

    in trusting to him, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 55:

    ei commisi et credidi, Ter, Heaut. 5, 2, 13: haec cum scirem et cogitarem, commisi tamen, judices, Heio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 16:

    universo populo neque ipse committit neque illi horum consiliorum auctores committi recte putant posse,

    id. Agr. 2, 8, 20:

    venti, quibus necessario committendum existimabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    sed quoniam non es veritus concredere nobis, accipe commissae munera laetitiae,

    intrusted, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

    instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt, quod deesse nobis putant,

    often hazard the most important advantage, Quint. 6, 4, 17:

    cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Mil. 26, 70.—With de:

    iste negat se de existimatione suā cuiquam nisi suis commissurum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 137. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: commissum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. 3.) An undertaking, enterprise:

    nec aliud restabat quam audacter commissum corrigere,

    Liv. 44, 4, 8:

    supererat nihil aliud in temere commisso, quam, etc.,

    id. 44, 6, 14.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. 4.) A transgression, offence, fault, crime:

    sacrum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    nisi aut quid commissi aut est causa jurgi,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 21:

    ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed quod, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 26, 72; cf.

    turpe,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 39:

    commissi praemia,

    Ov. F. 4, 590.—In plur.:

    post mihi non simili poenā commissa luetis,

    offences, Verg. A. 1, 136; so,

    fateri,

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 5:

    improba,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 304.—
    2.
    Jurid. Lat., an incurring of fines, a confiscation or confiscated property, Suet. Calig. 41:

    in commissum cadere,

    Dig. 39, 4, 16:

    causa commissi,

    ib. 39, 4, 16 al.; 19, 2, 61 fin.:

    aliquid pro commisso tenetur,

    Quint. Decl. 341.—
    C.
    (Acc. to II.) That which is intrusted, a secret, trust:

    enuntiare commissa,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31:

    commissa celare,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 2; cf. Juv. 9, 93:

    commissa tacere,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

    prodere,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 95:

    retinent commissa fideliter aures,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 70:

    commissum teges (corresp. with arcanum scrutaberis),

    id. ib. 1, 18, 38; cf. id. A. P. 200.

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  • 2 committo

    committere, commisi, commissus V
    bring together, unite/join, connect/attach; put together, construct; entrust; engage (battle), set against; begin/start; bring about; commit; incur; forfeit

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  • 3 fidei committo

    fĭdĕĭ-committo (also separately fidei committo), mīsi, missum, 3, v. n. and a. [fides; lit., to intrust a thing to a person's good faith; hence], jurid. t. t., to leave any thing by last will and testament to be delivered to a third party, to bequeath in trust:

    pater filium praedia alienare prohibuerat, sed conservare liberis et ceteris cognatis fideicommiserat,

    Dig. 32, 1, 38:

    avia nepotibus heredibus institutis fideicommisit, ut solida legata fratribus solverent,

    ib. 35, 2, 14; 30, 1, 114; § 3:

    qui intestato decedit et scit bona sua ad fiscum perventura vacantia, fidei fisci committere potest, ib. § 2: fideicommissa libertas,

    given by fideicommissum, Gai. Inst. 2, 267; Dig. 40, 5, 1 sq.—Hence, fĭdĕĭcommissum, i, n., a bequest given for the benefit of a third person, by way of request, not of command; and held to be equitably due out of respect to the wish of the testator (cf. legatum):

    fideicommissum est quod non civilibus verbis, sed precative relinquitur, nec ex rigore juris civilis proficiscitur, sed ex voluntate datur relinquentis,

    Ulp. Fragm. 25, 1:

    De fideicommissis,

    Dig. 30 -32; Gai. Inst. 2, 246-289; Cod. Just. 6, 42; Suet. Claud. 23; Quint. 3, 6, 70; 9, 2, 74.

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  • 4 commissio

    commissĭo, ōnis, f. [committo].
    I.
    (Acc. to committo, I. B.) Lit., a setting or bringing together in contest; hence, the beginning of a contest (in the public games, etc.):

    tecum ago, ut jam ab ipsā commissione ad me... persequare, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 15, 26, 1; 16, 5, 1:

    ludorum,

    Suet. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 6; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 6; id. Pan. 54, 1; Macr. S. 2, 7.—
    B.
    Meton., a speech at the opening of the games; hence, a prize declamation, ostentatious speech, agônisma, Calig. ap. Suet. Calig. 53; Suet. Aug. 89; v. Casaub. in h. ll.—
    II.
    (Acc. to committo, II. B. 4.) A perpetration, commission:

    piaculi,

    Arn. 4, p. 148.

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  • 5 fideicommitto

    fĭdĕĭ-committo (also separately fidei committo), mīsi, missum, 3, v. n. and a. [fides; lit., to intrust a thing to a person's good faith; hence], jurid. t. t., to leave any thing by last will and testament to be delivered to a third party, to bequeath in trust:

    pater filium praedia alienare prohibuerat, sed conservare liberis et ceteris cognatis fideicommiserat,

    Dig. 32, 1, 38:

    avia nepotibus heredibus institutis fideicommisit, ut solida legata fratribus solverent,

    ib. 35, 2, 14; 30, 1, 114; § 3:

    qui intestato decedit et scit bona sua ad fiscum perventura vacantia, fidei fisci committere potest, ib. § 2: fideicommissa libertas,

    given by fideicommissum, Gai. Inst. 2, 267; Dig. 40, 5, 1 sq.—Hence, fĭdĕĭcommissum, i, n., a bequest given for the benefit of a third person, by way of request, not of command; and held to be equitably due out of respect to the wish of the testator (cf. legatum):

    fideicommissum est quod non civilibus verbis, sed precative relinquitur, nec ex rigore juris civilis proficiscitur, sed ex voluntate datur relinquentis,

    Ulp. Fragm. 25, 1:

    De fideicommissis,

    Dig. 30 -32; Gai. Inst. 2, 246-289; Cod. Just. 6, 42; Suet. Claud. 23; Quint. 3, 6, 70; 9, 2, 74.

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  • 6 commissiō

        commissiō ōnis, f    [committo], a beginning of a contest, onset: ab ipsā commissione persequi.
    * * *
    I
    commission; committee
    II
    commencement/holding (of games/other contests); event; speech opening games

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  • 7 commissum

        commissum ī, n    [committo], an undertaking, enterprise: audacter commissum corrigere, L.—A transgression, offence, fault, crime: sacrum: turpe, H.: commissi praemia, O.: poenā commissa luere, offences, V.—A secret, trust: enuntiare commissa: commissa celare, N.: tacere, H.: retinere, H.
    * * *
    undertaking, enterprise; trust, secret; thing entrusted/confiscated; crime

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  • 8 commissūra

        commissūra ae, f    [committo], a joining together, joint, seam, juncture, commissure: molles digitorum: mirabiles ossium: pluteorum, Cs.
    * * *
    joint, juncture, seam, gap; intersection, common point; boundary/dividing line

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  • 9 commissus

        commissus    P. of committo.

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  • 10 ingenium

        ingenium ī, n    [1 in+GEN-], innate quality, nature, temperament, constitution: locorum hominumque ingenia, L.: arvorum, V.: ferae bestiae, praecipitia ingenia sortitae, Cu.—Natural disposition, temper, character, bent, inclination: est ingenio bono, T.: in liberos lene, T.: inverecundum animi: vera loqui etsi meum ingenium non moneret, L.: redire ad ingenium, natural bent, T.: Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium, L.: virile, S.: mitis ingeni iuvenem, L.: temperare suum, temper, L.: eiusdem ingeni est, tradere, etc.—Natural capacity, talents, parts, abilities, genius: quid abest homini? an ingenium?: ingenio abundare: excellens ac singulare: praestantissimum: durum, H.: in promptu habere, S.: celeres ingeni motūs: vigor, O.: docilitas, N.: qui ingenio parum possum: ingeni acuendi causā: ea vestris ingeniis committo: ingenia ad intellegendum aptiora.—A nature, character: ut magistratus mansueto permitteretur ingenio, L.—A genius, man of genius, clever person: excellens: id in magnis ingeniis plerumque contingit: idem ad res diversissimas habilius, L.: Praemia ingeniis posuere, i. e. poets, V.
    * * *
    I
    nature, innate quality; natural disposition/capacity; character; talent
    II
    trick, clever device

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  • 11 commendo

    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.:

    commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere,

    Dig. 50, 16, 186:

    Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1:

    sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto,

    id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40:

    nummos alicui,

    Dig. 16, 3, 24:

    corpus alicui loco,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4:

    CORPORA SARCOPHAGO,

    Inscr. Orell. 4370.— Poet.:

    semina sulcis,

    Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, [p. 377] Just. 35, 2, 1:

    cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus,

    Hyg. Fab. 3.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf.:

    bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fide,

    id. And. 1, 5, 61); so,

    commendare se patri in clientelam et fidem,

    id. Eun. 5, 8, 9; 3, 5, 29:

    tibi ejus omnia negotia, libertos, procuratores, familiam,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 2:

    vos sum testatus, vobis me ac meos commendavi,

    id. Dom. 57, 145:

    totum me tuo amori fideique,

    id. Att. 3, 20, 2:

    tibi suos testamento liberos,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 9:

    simul atque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 16; * Cat. 15, 1; Ov. M. 6, 495:

    aliquem diis,

    Tac. A. 4, 17; cf. id. ib. 15, 23:

    rempublicam patribus,

    id. H. 1, 90; Suet. Aug. 56.— Trop.: aliquid litteris, to commit to writing, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2:

    historiam immortalitati,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

    nomen tuum immortalitati,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; cf.:

    nomen suum posteritati,

    Curt. 9, 3, 5:

    eum sempiternae gloriae,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6: se fugae, Auct. B. Afr. 34.—
    2.
    Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others:

    is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46:

    hi de suā salute desperantes... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

    ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73:

    tibi suos testamento liberos,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.—
    II.
    In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.):

    principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.;

    Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    (vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet,

    id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.:

    nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā,

    id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21:

    adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis,

    id. 10, 1, 101:

    quod me Lucanae commendet amicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21:

    marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus,

    Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49:

    compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

    hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3:

    se civibus impiis,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 3:

    cum se numeris commendat et arte,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261:

    se tonsā cute,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 7:

    his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset,

    Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Commended, recommended to:

    quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43:

    ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos,

    id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.—
    B.
    Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued:

    vultus commendatior,

    Petr. 110, 5:

    calami,

    Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:

    fama commendatior,

    id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.

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  • 12 commissor

    commissor, ōris, m. [committo, II. B. 4.], a perpetrator, Ennod. 1, 4.

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  • 13 commissoria

    commissōrĭus, a, um, adj. [committo]; Lex, in jurid. lang., a clause in the condition of a sale or of a contract (by which a vendor reserved to himself the privilege of rescinding the sale if the purchaser did not pay his purchase-money at the time agreed on), Dig. 18, 3, 14.—So also absol.: com-missōrĭa, ae, f., Dig. 18, 3, 14; 43, 23, 11.

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  • 14 commissorius

    commissōrĭus, a, um, adj. [committo]; Lex, in jurid. lang., a clause in the condition of a sale or of a contract (by which a vendor reserved to himself the privilege of rescinding the sale if the purchaser did not pay his purchase-money at the time agreed on), Dig. 18, 3, 14.—So also absol.: com-missōrĭa, ae, f., Dig. 18, 3, 14; 43, 23, 11.

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  • 15 commissum

    commissum, i, n., v. committo fin.

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  • 16 commissura

    commissūra, ae, f. [committo].
    I.
    Prop., a joining or connecting together; hence, in concr., a band, knot, joint, seam, juncture, commissure (class.):

    commissura funis,

    Cato, R. R. 135, 4; cf.

    nodorum,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:

    molles digitorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    mirabiles ossium,

    id. ib. 2, 55, 139; id. Univ. 7 fin.:

    navium,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158:

    nucum,

    id. 17, 10, 11, § 64:

    colorum,

    a mingling, id. 35, 5, 11, § 29; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 4:

    Piscium,

    the knot in the constellation Pisces, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311:

    vitis,

    Col. 3, 17, 4; id. Arb. 26, 9.—
    II.
    In Quint. transf., connection in discourse, Quint. 12, 9, 17; cf. id. 7, 10, 16, 9, 4, 90:

    verborum,

    id. 9, 4, 37.

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  • 17 commissus

    commissus, a, um, Part., from committo.

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  • 18 conmendo

    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.:

    commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere,

    Dig. 50, 16, 186:

    Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1:

    sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto,

    id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40:

    nummos alicui,

    Dig. 16, 3, 24:

    corpus alicui loco,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4:

    CORPORA SARCOPHAGO,

    Inscr. Orell. 4370.— Poet.:

    semina sulcis,

    Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, [p. 377] Just. 35, 2, 1:

    cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus,

    Hyg. Fab. 3.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf.:

    bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fide,

    id. And. 1, 5, 61); so,

    commendare se patri in clientelam et fidem,

    id. Eun. 5, 8, 9; 3, 5, 29:

    tibi ejus omnia negotia, libertos, procuratores, familiam,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 2:

    vos sum testatus, vobis me ac meos commendavi,

    id. Dom. 57, 145:

    totum me tuo amori fideique,

    id. Att. 3, 20, 2:

    tibi suos testamento liberos,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 9:

    simul atque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 16; * Cat. 15, 1; Ov. M. 6, 495:

    aliquem diis,

    Tac. A. 4, 17; cf. id. ib. 15, 23:

    rempublicam patribus,

    id. H. 1, 90; Suet. Aug. 56.— Trop.: aliquid litteris, to commit to writing, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2:

    historiam immortalitati,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

    nomen tuum immortalitati,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; cf.:

    nomen suum posteritati,

    Curt. 9, 3, 5:

    eum sempiternae gloriae,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6: se fugae, Auct. B. Afr. 34.—
    2.
    Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others:

    is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46:

    hi de suā salute desperantes... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

    ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73:

    tibi suos testamento liberos,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.—
    II.
    In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.):

    principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.;

    Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    (vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet,

    id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.:

    nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā,

    id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21:

    adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis,

    id. 10, 1, 101:

    quod me Lucanae commendet amicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21:

    marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus,

    Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49:

    compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

    hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3:

    se civibus impiis,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 3:

    cum se numeris commendat et arte,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261:

    se tonsā cute,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 7:

    his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset,

    Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Commended, recommended to:

    quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43:

    ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos,

    id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.—
    B.
    Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued:

    vultus commendatior,

    Petr. 110, 5:

    calami,

    Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:

    fama commendatior,

    id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.

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  • 19 conmitto

    com-mitto ( con-m-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    Of two or more objects, to bring, join, combine into one whole; to join or put together, to connect, unite.
    A.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic.), constr. inter se, cum aliquā re, alicui, with in and acc., and with acc. only.
    (α).
    Inter se:

    res in ordinem digestae atque inter se commissae,

    Quint. 7, prooem. §

    1: per nondum commissa inter se munimenta urbem intravit,

    Liv. 38, 4, 8; cf. thus with inter se:

    oras vulneris suturis,

    Cels. 7, 19:

    duo verba,

    Quint. 9, 4, 33:

    easdem litteras,

    id. ib.:

    duo comparativa,

    id. 9, 3, 19.—
    (β).
    With cum:

    costae committuntur cum osse pectoris,

    Cels. 8, 1.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    viam a Placentiā ut Flaminiae committeret,

    Liv. 39, 2, 10:

    quā naris fronti committitur,

    is joined to, Ov. M. 12, 315:

    quā vir equo commissus erat,

    id. ib. 12, 478 (of a Centaur); cf.

    of Scylla: delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum,

    Verg. A. 3, 428:

    commissa dextera dextrae,

    Ov. H. 2, 31:

    medulla spinae commissa cerebro,

    Cels. 8, 1:

    moles, quae urbem continenti committeret,

    Curt. 4, 2, 16; Flor. 1, 4, 2 Duker.—
    (δ).
    With in and acc.:

    commissa in unum crura,

    Ov. M. 4, 580:

    committuntur suturae in unguem,

    Cels. 8, 1.—
    (ε).
    With acc. only: barbaricam pestem navibus obtulit, commissam infabre, Pac. ap. Non. p. 40, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 271 Rib.):

    commissis operibus,

    Liv. 38, 7, 10:

    fidibusque mei commissa mariti moenia,

    Ov. M. 6, 178:

    (terra) maria committeret,

    Curt. 3, 1, 13; 7, 7, 14:

    noctes duas,

    Ov. Am. 1, 13, 46; cf.: nocte commissā. Sen. Herc. Oet. 1698:

    commissa corpore toto,

    Ov. M. 4, 369; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 248, 25: cervix committitur primo [p. 380] artu, Val. Fl. 4, 310:

    domus plumbo commissa,

    patched, Juv. 14, 310.—
    B.
    In partic., to set or bring men or animals together in a contest or fight, as competitors, etc., to set together, set on (freq. in Suet.;

    elsewhere rare): pugiles Latinos cum Graecis,

    Suet. Aug. 45:

    quingenis peditibus, elephantis vicenis, tricenis equitibus hinc et inde commissis,

    id. Caes. 39; id. Claud. 34:

    camelorum quadrigas,

    id. Ner. 11; Luc. 1, 97:

    victores committe,

    Mart. 8, 43, 3; cf. id. Spect. 28, 1:

    licet Aenean Rutulumque ferocem Committas,

    i.e. you describe their contest in your poem, you bring them in contact with each other, Juv. 1, 162:

    eunucho Bromium committere noli,

    id. 6, 378:

    inter se omnes,

    Suet. Calig. 56:

    aequales inter se,

    id. Gram. 17.—
    b.
    Trop., to bring together for comparison, to compare, put together, match:

    committit vates et comparat, inde Maronem, Atque aliā parte in trutinā suspendit Homerum,

    Juv. 6, 436; cf. Prop. 2, 3, 21; Mart. 7, 24, 1.—
    2.
    Transf., of a battle, war: proelium, certamen, bellum, etc.
    a.
    To arrange a battle or contest, to enter upon, engage in, begin, join, commence, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    proelii committendi signum dare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    cum proelium commissum audissent,

    id. ib. 7, 62:

    commisso ab equitibus proelio,

    id. B. C. 1, 40:

    in aciem exercitum eduxit proeliumque commisit,

    Nep. Eum. 3 fin.; id. Hann. 11, 3; id. Milt. 6, 3; Just. 2, 12, 7; 15, 4, 22; 22, 6, 6:

    postquam eo ventum est, ut a ferentariis proelium committi posset,

    Sall. C. 60, 2:

    commisso proelio, diutius nostrorum militum impetum hostes ferre non potuerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 35; id. B. C. 1, 13; 2, 6 Kraner ad loc.:

    Caesar cohortatus suos proelium commisit,

    id. ib. 1, 25:

    utrum proelium committi ex usu esset, necne,

    id. ib. 1, 50; 1, 52; 2, 19; Nep. Milt. 5, 3:

    pridie quam Siciliensem pugnam classe committeret,

    Suet. Aug. 96:

    avidus committere pugnam,

    Sil. 8, 619:

    pugnas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 143:

    rixae committendae causā,

    Liv. 5, 25, 2:

    cum vates monere eum (regem) coepit, ne committeret, aut certe differret obsidionem,

    Curt. 9, 4, 27.—Of a drinking contest for a wager:

    a summo septenis cyathis committe hos ludos,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 19:

    nondum commisso spectaculo,

    Liv. 2, 36, 1:

    musicum agona,

    Suet. Ner. 23:

    aciem,

    Flor. 4, 2, 46:

    commissum (bellum) ac profligatum conficere,

    Liv. 21, 40, 11; 8, 25, 5; 31, 28, 1 al.; cf.:

    si quis trium temporum momenta consideret, primo commissum bellum, profligatum secundo, tertio vero confectum est,

    Flor. 2, 15, 2:

    committere Martem,

    Sil. 13, 155:

    quo die ludi committebantur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

    ludos dedicationis,

    Suet. Claud. 21:

    ludos,

    Verg. A. 5, 113.—
    b.
    In gen., to maintain a contest, etc., to fight a battle, to hold, celebrate games, etc. (rare):

    illam pugnam navalem... mediocri certamine commissam arbitraris?

    Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

    levia inde proelia per quatriduum commissa,

    Liv. 34, 37, 7:

    commisso modico certamine,

    id. 23, 44, 5.—
    (β).
    Absol. (post-Aug. and rare):

    contra quem Sulla iterum commisit,

    Eutr. 5, 6; 9, 24; Dig. 9, 1, 1:

    priusquam committeretur,

    before the contest began, Suet. Vesp. 5.—
    3.
    In gen.: committere aliquid, to begin any course of action, to undertake, carry on, hold (rare):

    tribuni sanguine commissa proscriptio,

    Vell. 2, 64 fin.:

    judicium inter sicarios committitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11. —In part. perf.:

    egregie ad ultimum in audacter commisso perseveravit,

    Liv. 44, 4, 11; cf. id. ib. § 8; 44, 6, 14.—
    4.
    In partic., to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; to commit a crime (very freq. and class.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    ut neque timeant, qui nihil commiserint, et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent, qui peccaverint,

    Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 30:

    commississe cavet quod mox mutare laboret,

    Hor. A. P. 168:

    ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti, Verri crimini daturus sum,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

    quantum flagitii,

    id. Brut. 61, 219:

    tantum facinus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:

    virilis audaciae facinora,

    Sall. C. 25, 1:

    majus delictum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4:

    nil nefandum,

    Ov. M. 9, 626:

    nefarias res,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2:

    scelus,

    id. Sull. 2, 6; Dig. 48, 9, 7:

    adulterium,

    Quint. 7, 2, 11; 7, 3, 1:

    incestum cum filio,

    id. 5, 10, 19:

    parricidium,

    id. 7, 2, 2:

    caedem,

    id. 7, 4, 43; 10, 1, 12; 5, 12, 3:

    sacrilegium,

    id. 7, 2, 18:

    fraudem,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 31.— Aliquid adversus, in, erga:

    committere multa et in deos et in homines impie nefarieque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6; cf.:

    in te,

    Verg. A. 1, 231:

    aliquid adversus populum Romanum,

    Liv. 42, 38, 3:

    aliquid erga te,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20, 3.—
    (β).
    Committere contra legem, in legem, lege, to offend, sin, commit an offence:

    quasi committeret contra legem,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 48:

    in legem Juliam de adulteriis,

    Dig. 48, 5, 39; 48, 10, 13:

    adversus testamentum,

    ib. 34, 3, 8, § 2:

    ne lege censoriā committant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

    lege de sicariis,

    Quint. 7, 1, 9. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    hoc si in posterum edixisses, minus esset nefarium... nemo enim committeret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 110.—
    (δ).
    With ut, to be guilty or be in fault, so that, to give occasion or cause, that, to act so as that:

    id me commissurum ut patiar fieri,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 78:

    non committet hodie iterum ut vapulet,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 5:

    ego nolo quemquam civem committere, ut morte multandus sit: tu, etiam si commiserit, conservandum putas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15:

    committere ut accusator nominere,

    id. Off. 2, 14, 50; so Liv. 25, 6, 17:

    non committam, ut tibi ipse insanire videar,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3; 3, 7, 3; id. Att. 1, 6, 1; 1, 20, 3; id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; id. Off. 3, 2, 6; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1, Quint. 1, 10, 30; 5, 13, 27; Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37.—More rare in a like sense,
    (ε).
    With cur or quare:

    Caedicius negare se commissurum, cur sibi quisquam imperium finiret,

    Liv. 5, 46, 6:

    neque commissum a se, quare timeret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 14.—
    (ζ).
    With inf.:

    non committunt scamna facere,

    Col. 2, 4, 3:

    infelix committit saepe repelli,

    Ov. M. 9, 632.—
    b.
    Poenam, multam, etc., jurid. t. t., to bring punishment upon one ' s self by an error or fault, to incur, make one ' s self liable to it:

    poenam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 30; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; and:

    committere in poenam edicti,

    Dig. 2, 2, 4:

    ut illam multam non commiserit,

    Cic. Clu. 37, 103; Dig. 35, 1, 6 pr.—
    (β).
    Committi, with a definite object, to be forfeited or confiscated, as a penalty:

    hereditas Veneri Erycinae commissa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 2, 14, § 36; so,

    commissae hypothecae,

    id. Fam. 13, 56, 2:

    commissa tibi fiducia,

    id. Fl. 21, 51:

    merces,

    Dig. 39, 4, 11, § 2:

    mancipium,

    ib. 39, 14, 6:

    praedia in publicum,

    ib. 3, 5, 12:

    hanc devotionem capitis esse commissam,

    incurred, Cic. Dom. 57, 145.—
    c.
    Also (mostly in jurid. Lat.) of laws, judicial regulations, promises, etc., that become binding in consequence of the fulfilment of a condition as the commission of a crime, etc.:

    in civitatem obligatam sponsione commissa iratis omnibus diis,

    a promise the condition of which has been fulfilled, Liv. 9, 11, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    hanc ego devotionem capitis mei... convictam esse et commissam putabo,

    Cic. Dom. 57, 145:

    si alius committat edictum,

    transgresses, incurs its penalty, makes himself liable to, Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 11; cf.:

    commisso edicto ab alio filio, ib. lex 8, § 4: commisso per alium edicto, ib. lex 10, § 1 al.: statim atque commissa lex est,

    ib. 18, 3, 4, § 2:

    committetur stipulatio,

    ib. 24, 3, 56.
    II.
    To place a thing somewhere for preservation, protection, care, etc.; to give, intrust, commit to, to give up or resign to, to trust (syn.: commendo, trado, credo; very freq. and class.); constr. with aliquid ( aliquem) alicui, in aliquid, or absol.
    (α).
    Aliquid ( aliquem, se) alicui:

    honor non solum datus sed etiam creditus ac commissus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

    nec illi (Catoni) committendum illud negotium, sed inponendum putaverunt,

    id. Sest. 28, 60:

    qui capita vestra non dubitatis credere, cui calceandos nemo commisit pedes?

    Phaedr. 1, 14, 16:

    ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf. id. And. 1, 5, 61):

    ne quid committam tibi,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 21; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

    his salutem nostram, his fortunas, his liberos rectissime committi arbitramur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; id. Att. 1, 13, 1; cf. id. ib. §

    4: tibi rem magnam,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; id. Mil. 25, 68:

    quia commissi sunt eis magistratus,

    id. Planc. 25, 61:

    summum imperium potestatemque omnium rerum alicui,

    Nep. Lys. 1 fin.:

    domino rem omnem,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 67:

    caput tonsori,

    id. A. P. 301:

    ratem pelago,

    id. C. 1, 3, 11:

    sulcis semina (corresp. with spem credere terrae),

    Verg. G. 1, 223; cf.:

    committere semen sitienti solo,

    Col. 2, 8, 4:

    ulcus frigori,

    Cels. 6, 18, n. 2:

    aliquid litteris,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1, 8; so,

    verba tabellis,

    Ov. M. 9, 587:

    vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 11 al.:

    committere se populo, senatui, publicis praesidiis et armis (corresp. with se tradere),

    Cic. Mil. 23, 61; so,

    se urbi,

    id. Att. 15, 11, 1:

    se theatro populoque Romano,

    id. Sest. 54, 116:

    se proelio,

    Liv. 4, 59, 2:

    se pugnae,

    id. 5, 32, 4:

    se publico,

    to venture into the streets, Suet. Ner. 26:

    se neque navigationi, neque viae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; cf. id. Phil. 12, 10, 25; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

    se timidius fortunae,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

    civilibus fluctibus,

    Nep. Att. 6, 1 al. —Prov.: ovem lupo (Gr. kataleipein oïn en lukoisi), Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16.—
    (β).
    Aliquid ( aliquem, se) in aliquid (so esp. freq. in Liv.):

    aliquid in alicujus fidem committere,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 34; cf. Liv. 30, 14, 4:

    se in id conclave,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64:

    se in conspectum populi Romani,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf. Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2:

    se in senatum,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2; id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

    summae fuisse dementiae dubiā spe impulsum certum in periculum se committere,

    id. Inv. 2, 8, 27:

    rem in casum ancipitis eventus,

    Liv. 4, 27, 6; cf.:

    duos filios in aleam ejus casus,

    id. 40, 21, 6:

    rem in aciem,

    id. 3, 2, 12; cf.:

    se in aciem,

    id. 7, 26, 11; 23, 11, 10;

    rempublicam in discrimen,

    id. 8, 32, 4; cf.:

    rerum summam in discrimen,

    id. 33, 7, 10. —
    (γ).
    Simply alicui, or entirely absol.:

    sanan' es, Quae isti committas?

    in trusting to him, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 55:

    ei commisi et credidi, Ter, Heaut. 5, 2, 13: haec cum scirem et cogitarem, commisi tamen, judices, Heio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 16:

    universo populo neque ipse committit neque illi horum consiliorum auctores committi recte putant posse,

    id. Agr. 2, 8, 20:

    venti, quibus necessario committendum existimabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    sed quoniam non es veritus concredere nobis, accipe commissae munera laetitiae,

    intrusted, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

    instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt, quod deesse nobis putant,

    often hazard the most important advantage, Quint. 6, 4, 17:

    cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Mil. 26, 70.—With de:

    iste negat se de existimatione suā cuiquam nisi suis commissurum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 137. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: commissum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. 3.) An undertaking, enterprise:

    nec aliud restabat quam audacter commissum corrigere,

    Liv. 44, 4, 8:

    supererat nihil aliud in temere commisso, quam, etc.,

    id. 44, 6, 14.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. 4.) A transgression, offence, fault, crime:

    sacrum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    nisi aut quid commissi aut est causa jurgi,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 21:

    ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed quod, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 26, 72; cf.

    turpe,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 39:

    commissi praemia,

    Ov. F. 4, 590.—In plur.:

    post mihi non simili poenā commissa luetis,

    offences, Verg. A. 1, 136; so,

    fateri,

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 5:

    improba,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 304.—
    2.
    Jurid. Lat., an incurring of fines, a confiscation or confiscated property, Suet. Calig. 41:

    in commissum cadere,

    Dig. 39, 4, 16:

    causa commissi,

    ib. 39, 4, 16 al.; 19, 2, 61 fin.:

    aliquid pro commisso tenetur,

    Quint. Decl. 341.—
    C.
    (Acc. to II.) That which is intrusted, a secret, trust:

    enuntiare commissa,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31:

    commissa celare,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 2; cf. Juv. 9, 93:

    commissa tacere,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

    prodere,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 95:

    retinent commissa fideliter aures,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 70:

    commissum teges (corresp. with arcanum scrutaberis),

    id. ib. 1, 18, 38; cf. id. A. P. 200.

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  • 20 credo

    crēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 ( pres. subj. creduam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 2:

    creduas,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72; id. Trin. 3, 1, 5:

    creduat,

    id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6:

    creduis,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 73:

    creduit,

    id. Truc. 2, 2, 52; inf. credier, id. Poen. 2, 43;

    crevi for credidi,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 1), v. a. [Sanscr. crat, crad, trust, and dha-; v. 2. do].
    I.
    Orig. belonging to the lang. of business, to give as a loan, to loan, lend, make or loan to any one: (vilicus) injussu domini credat nemini;

    quod dominus crediderit, exigat,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

    quibus credas male,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 20; cf.

    populis,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

    alicui grandem pecuniam,

    id. ib. 2, 4; so,

    pecunias ei,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 6; and:

    pecuniae creditae,

    id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7:

    centum talenta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 111:

    solutio rerum creditarum,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84 et saep.—Hence,
    B.
    crēdĭtum, i, n., a loan, Sall. C. 25, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 27, 3; 8, 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1; Quint. 5, 10, 105; 5, 10, 117; Dig. 12, 1, 19 sq. et saep.—
    II.
    Transf. beyond the circle of business (very freq. in every period and species of composition).
    A.
    With the prevailing idea of intended protection, to commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one, = committo, commendo (cf. concredo):

    ubi is obiit mortem, qui mihi id aurum credidit,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 15 (credere est servandum commendare, Non. p. 275, 9); so,

    nummum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112 (for which id. ib. 4, 2, 115, concredere):

    alicujus fidei potestatique (with committere),

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4, § 14: vitam ac fortunas meas, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 8; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 37:

    militi arma,

    Liv. 2, 45, 10:

    se suaque omnia alienissimis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31:

    se ponto,

    Ov. M. 14, 222:

    se perfidis hostibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 33:

    se ventis,

    Quint. 12, prooem. §

    2: pennis se caelo,

    Verg. A. 6, 15; cf. Ov. M. 2, 378:

    se pugnae,

    Verg. A. 5, 383 et saep.:

    crede audacter quid lubet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 118:

    facinus magnum timido pectori,

    id. Ps. 2, 1, 3:

    illi consilia omnia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 18:

    arcanos sensus tibi,

    Verg. A. 4, 422; cf.:

    arcana libris,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 31:

    aliquid cerae,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 67.— Poet., with in and acc.:

    inque novos soles audent se germina tuto Credere,

    Verg. G. 2, 333.—
    B.
    With the prevailing idea of bestowing confidence, to trust to or confide in a person or thing, to have confidence in, to trust.
    1.
    With dat.:

    virtuti suorum satis credere,

    Sall. J. 106, 3; cf. id. ib. 72, 2:

    praesenti fortunae,

    Liv. 45, 8, 6:

    consules magis non confidere quam non credere suis militibus,

    rather mistrusted their intentions than their valor, id. 2, 45, 4:

    nec jam amplius hastae,

    Verg. A. 11, 808:

    ne nimium colori,

    id. E. 2, 17:

    bibulis talaribus,

    Ov. M. 4, 731.—Freq. in eccl. Lat.:

    Moysi et mihi,

    Vulg. Johan. 5, 46:

    verbis meis,

    id. Luc. 1, 20.—
    2.
    Esp., with in and acc. of pers., to believe in, trust in (eccl. Lat.):

    hoc est ergo credere in Deum, credendo adhaerere ad bene coöperandum bona operanti Deo,

    Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 77, 8:

    qui fidem habet sine spe ac dilectione, Christum esse credit, non in Christum credit,

    id. Serm. 144, 2:

    qui credit in Filium habet vitam aeternam,

    Vulg. Johan. 3, 36 et saep.—
    C.
    To trust one in his declarations, assertions, etc., i. e. to give him credence, to believe:

    injurato, scio, plus credet mihi, quam jurato tibi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 284 sq.:

    vin' me istuc tibi, etsi incredibile'st, credere?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 11:

    credit jam tibi de isto,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 53:

    cui omnium rerum ipsus semper credit,

    in every thing, id. As. 2, 4, 59; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 52:

    diu deliberandum et concoquendum est, utrum potius Chaereae injurato in suā lite, an Manilio et Luscio juratis in alieno judicio credatis,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.—
    b.
    Mihi crede, beliere me, confide in my words, upon my word, emoi pithou, an expression of confirmation, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 4; Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Mur. 19, 40; 38, 82; id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; id. Off. 3, 19, 75; id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75; 1, 43, 103; id. Fin. 2, 21, 68 et saep.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 35; 2, 6, 93 al.; cf.: mihi credite, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; id. Agr. 3, 4, 16; Liv. 24, 22, 17; Ov. M. 15, 254 al.—In the same sense (but more rare in Cic.):

    crede mihi,

    Cic. Att. 6, 6, 1; 14, 15, 2; 11, 6, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Ov. A. A. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 361; id. Tr. 3, 4, 25:

    crede igitur mihi,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 2:

    credite mihi,

    Curt. 6, 11, 25.—
    c.
    Credor in poets several times equivalent to creditur mihi:

    certe credemur, ait, si verba sequatur Exitus,

    Ov. F. 3, 351; so id. Tr. 3, 10, 35:

    creditus accepit cantatas protinus herbas, etc.,

    id. M. 7, 98; so in part., id. H. 17, 129; cf.:

    (Cassandra) non umquam credita Teucris,

    Verg. A. 2, 247.—
    d.
    Sibi, to believe one's self, trust one's own convictions, be fully convinced:

    cum multa dicta sunt sapienter et graviter, tum vel in primis, crede nobis, crede tibi,

    Plin. Pan. 74:

    fieri malunt alieni erroris accessio, quam sibi credere,

    Min. Fel. 24, 2: non satis sibi ipsi credebant, Auct. B. Alex. 6:—
    2.
    With simple reference to the object mentioned or asserted, to believe a thing, hold or admit as true: velim te id quod verum est credere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 6; cf.: credo et verum est, Afer ap. Quint. 6, 3, 94:

    me miseram! quid jam credas? aut cur credas?

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 32:

    quod fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 18; cf. Quint. 6, 2, 5:

    audivi ista... sed numquam sum addictus ut crederem,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 100:

    ne quid de se temere crederent,

    Sall. C. 31, 7:

    res Difficilis ad credundum,

    Lucr. 2, 1027; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 28 et saep.— Pass.:

    res tam scelesta... credi non potest,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.— Pass. impers.:

    in quo scelere, etiam cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur, tamen non temere creditur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—
    b.
    In gen. = opinor, arbitror, to be of opinion, to think, believe, suppose.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    timeo ne aliud credam atque aliud nunties,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 4:

    quae deserta et inhospita tesqua credis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 20:

    fortem crede bonumque,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 13:

    quos gravissimos sapientiae magistros aetas vetus credidit,

    Quint. 12, 1, 36.— Pass.:

    potest... falsum aliquid pro vero credi,

    Sall. C. 51, 36:

    origo animi caelestis creditur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 1; 8, prooem. §

    24: Evander venerabilior divinitate creditā Carmentae matris,

    Liv. 1, 7, 8.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf. (so most freq.):

    jam ego vos novisse credo, ut sit pater meus,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 104:

    cum reliquum exercitum subsequi crederet,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31: caelo tonantem credidimus Jovem Regnare. Hor. C. 3, 5, 1 et saep.:

    victos crederes,

    one would have thought, one might have imagined, Liv. 2, 43, 9; so Curt. 4, 10, 23; cf. Zumpt, Lat. Gr. § 528.— Pass.:

    navis praeter creditur ire,

    Lucr. 4, 389:

    quem (Athin) peperisse Limnate creditur,

    Ov. M. 5, 49:

    creditus est optime dixisse,

    Quint. 3, 1, 11; cf. id. 10, 2, 125 al.— Impers.:

    credetur abesse ab eo culpam,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    neque sine causā creditum est, stilum non minus agere cum delet,

    id. 10, 4, 1 al. — So in the abl. part. pass. credito, with acc. and inf., Tac. A. 3, 14; 6, 34.—
    (γ).
    Absol.: credo inserted, like opinor, puto, etc., and the Gr. oimai, as a considerate, polite, or ironical expression of one's opinion, I believe, as I think, I suppose, I dare say, etc.:

    credo, misericors est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 144;

    so placed first,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 3; Ter. And. 2, 1, 13; Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Sull. 4, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 70; Sall. C. 52, 13; Liv. 4, 17, 7; Hor. S. 2, 2, 90:

    Mulciber, credo, arma fecit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 32; so id. Truc. 2, 5, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 31; Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; Verg. A. 6, 368 et saep.:

    aut jam hic aderit, credo hercle, aut jam adest,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 74.

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  • Комиссура — (лат. commissura, от committo соединяю)         в анатомии животных и человека соединение, спайка. Например, губная К. соединение губ в углах ротового отверстия; передняя К. мозга идущий поперечно пучок нервных волокон, соединяющий полосатые тела …   Большая советская энциклопедия

  • Фидеикомисс — (лат. fideicommissum, от fides – вера, доверие, добросовестность и committo – поручаю)         в римском праве до 529 поручение наследодателя наследнику передать третьему лицу какое либо имущество, которое также называется Ф. Первоначально Ф. не… …   Большая советская энциклопедия

  • КОМИТЕТ — (от лат. committo поручаю) 1) коллегиальный выборный руководящий орган в политических партиях и общественных организациях; 2) коллегиальный государственный орган, образуемый для проведения специальных мероприятий или руководства какой либо… …   Энциклопедический словарь экономики и права

  • комитет — а; м. [франц. comité от лат. committere поручать] 1. Выборный коллегиальный орган, руководящий какой л. работой. Исполнительный к. Местный к. профессионального союза. 2. Орган государственного управления, выполняющий определённые функции. К. по… …   Энциклопедический словарь

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