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com-prŏbo ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Subject., to approve wholly of something, to assent to, sanction, acknowledge (class and very freq., esp in prose):

istam tuam sentent. am laudo vehementissimeque comprobo,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

decretum consulum,

id. Att. 16, 16, D, 14 sq.:

orationem omnium assensu,

Liv. 5, 9, 7; cf. Suet. Aug. 68; 53:

consensu potius eruditorum quam puerorum amore comprobari,

Quint. 10, 1, 130 et saep.:

has comproba tabulas,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 72:

ne domesticis quidem exemplis docti numen deorum comprobabimus?

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Nep. Hann. 3, 1.—

Object., to prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, verify something to others as true, good, excellent, virtuous, etc.:

ut beneficium verbis initum nunc re comprobes,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 5; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 94:

nec hoc oratione solum, sed multo magis vita et factis et moribus conprobavit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

patris dictum sapiens temeritas filii comprobavit,

id. Or. 63, 214:

comprobat hominis consilium fortuna,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58 fin.; cf.

61, 62:

rem alicujus testimonio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; cf.:

indicio conprobato,

Sall. C. 50, 1:

perceleri (servi) interitu esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum,

the quality of the poison was tested, Cic. Cael. 24, 58.

com. to sell (by) wholesale / in gross / Fin the lump.

com-mĕo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to go and come, pass to and fro: remeare redire, ut commeare ultro citroque ire, unde commeatus (leave of absence;

v. commeatus, II. B.) dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire et redire commode quis possit,

Fest. p. 276, 5, and p. 277, 25.—Hence freq. with ultro and citro (in good prose; freq. in Cic. and the histt.; not in Quint.).

In gen.

Usu. of living beings:

pisciculi ultro ac citro commeant,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84; Liv. 25, 30, 5; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104; Suet. Calig. 19:

cum terra in aquam se vertit et cum ex aquā oritur aër, ex aëre aether, cumque eadem vicissim retro commeant,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31; 2, 19, 49:

ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36 fin.:

inter Veios Romamque,

Liv. 5, 47, 11; cf.:

commeantibus invicem nuntiis,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

quā viā omnes commeabant,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6. —

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects: alterum (genus siderum) spatiis inmutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans. Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: (fossam) latitudinis, [p. 378] quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent, pass to and fro, Suet. Ner. 31; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; Tac. A. 2, 28; 4, 41:

quadrigae inter se occurrentes, sine periculo commeare dicuntur,

Curt. 5, 1, 25:

spiritum a summo ore in pulmonem, atque inde sursum in os commeare,

Gell. 17, 11, 3.— Impers. commeatur, we, they, etc., go, Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 21 al.—

Rarely with cognate acc. vias, Dig. 48, 10, 27, § 2 (for Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82, v. 1. commeto).—

With particular reference to the terminus ad quem, to go, come, travel somewhere repeatedly or frequently; to visit a place often, to frequent:

insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus commeabant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; Gell. 6, 10:

in urbem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 100; Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 14; Tac. A. 1, 46.—

Transf. to inanim. or abstr. things:

nam illaec catapultae ad me crebro commeant,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 28:

cujus in hortos, domum, Baias jure suo libidines omnium commearent,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

crebro illius litterae ab aliis ad nos commeant,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 41.

com-mercĭum ( con-m-; ante-class.; sometimes ‡ commircĭum; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2236 P.), ii, n. [merx].

Commercial intercourse, trade, traffic, commerce:

mare magnum et ignara lingua commercia prohibebant,

Sall. J. 18, 5; Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 7; Plin. Pan. 29; Tac. Agr. 24; Liv. 4, 52, 6:

salis,

id. 45, 29, 13:

commercium hominum in locum aliquem mutui usus contrahunt,

id. 38, 18, 12:

neque Thraces commercio faciles erunt,

id. 40, 58, 1:

jus commercii,

Dig. 49, 5, 6.—

Meton.

The right to trade as merchants, a mercantile right:

commercium in eo agro nemini est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 40, § 93; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 50, §

124: L. Crasso commercium istarum rerum cum Graecis hominibus non fuisse,

id. ib. 2, 4, 59, §

133: ceteris Latinis populis conubia commerciaque et concilia inter se ademerunt,

Liv. 8, 14, 10; 43, 5, 9; cf. Dig. 41, 1, 62; 30, 1, 39; 45, 1, 34.—

An article of traffic, merchandise, wares:

commercia militaria,

Plin. 35, 13, 47, § 168; for provisions, id. 26, 4, 9, § 18; cf. Front. 2, 5, 14.—

A place of trade, market - place:

commercia et litora peragrare,

Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 45; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 58.—

In gen., intercourse, communication, correspondence, fellowship; lit. and trop.:

quid tibi mecum est commerci, senex?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 4; id. Bacch. 1, 2, 9; id. Stich. 4, 1, 15:

mihi cum vostris legibus Nihil est commerci,

I have nothing to do with your laws, id. Rud. 3, 4, 20:

commercium habere cum Musis,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

commercium habere cum virtute,

id. Sen. 12, 42:

dandi et excipiendi beneficii,

Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3:

agrorum aedificiorumque inter se,

Liv. 45, 29, 10:

plebis,

with them, id. 5, 3, 8; 41, 24, 16:

linguae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 35; Liv. 1, 18, 3; 9, 36, 6; 25, 33, 3:

sermonis,

id. 5, 15, 5; cf.:

loquendi audiendique,

Tac. Agr. 2 fin.:

commercia epistularum,

Vell. 2, 65, 1:

hoc inter nos epistularum commercium frequentare,

Sen. Ep. 38, 1:

communium studiorum,

Suet. Claud. 42:

sortis humanae,

Tac. A. 6, 19:

belli,

stipulation, treaty, id. ib. 14, 33:

belli tollere,

Verg. A. 10, 532; so,

belli dirimere,

Tac. H. 3, 81.— Plur.:

est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia caeli,

Ov. A. A. 3, 549.—

Esp., forbidden intercourse, illicit commerce:

libidinis,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

stupri,

Suet. Calig. 36.— Absol.:

cum eā mihi fuit commercium,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 77.—

In law, = collusio, Cod. Th. 3, 11, 4; cf. ib. 11, 4, 1 al.

com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.

(Class., of something untrue;

esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

id. As. 1, 1, 89:

mendacium,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

dolum docte,

id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

maledicta,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

nec me hoc commentum putes,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—

Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

occurrentia nescio quae,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

quaedam,

id. Fat. 3, 5.—

In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

Liv. 37, 5, 5:

id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

id. 29, 37, 4:

novas litteras,

Suet. Claud. 41:

novum balinearum usum,

id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

Mel. 1, 12, 1:

excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.

P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

sacra,

id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

crimen,

Liv. 26, 27, 8:

fraus,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,

Subst.: commentum, i, n.

(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

ipsis commentum placet,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

opinionum commenta delet dies,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

Liv. 1, 19, 5:

mixta rumorum,

Ov. M. 12, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 13, 38.—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—

Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

callidum,

Dig. 27, 9, 9. —

A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—

A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.