office of courtiers

cŏm-ĕs, ĭtis, comm. [con and 1. eo] (lit. one who goes with another), a companion, an associate, comrade, partaker, sharer, partner, etc. (whether male or female; class. and freq.).

In gen.

Masc.:

age, age, argentum numera, ne comites morer,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 25:

confugere domum sine comite,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 25:

comes meus fuit, et omnium itinerum meorum socius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 71:

erat comes ejus Rubrius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64:

cui tu me comitem putas esse,

id. Att. 8, 7, 1:

ibimus, o socii comitesque,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 26; Lucr. 3, 1037; 4, 575:

Catulli,

Cat. 11, 1:

Pisonis,

id. 28, 1; Nep. Ages. 6, 3:

quin et avo comitem sese Mavortius addet Romulus,

Verg. A. 6, 778; cf.:

comes ire alicui,

id. ib. 6, 159:

comitem aliquem mittere alicui,

id. ib. 2, 86:

comes esse alicui,

Ov. H. 14, 54 et saep. —

With gen. or dat. of thing:

cum se victoriae Pompeji comitem esse mallet quam, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80:

comitem illius furoris,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

me tuarum actionum, sententiarum, etc., socium comitemque habebis,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 22:

mortis et funeris atri,

Lucr. 2, 581:

tantae virtutis,

Liv. 22, 60, 12:

exsilii,

Mart. 12, 25:

fugae,

Vell. 2, 53; Liv. 1, 3, 2; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 6:

me habuisti comitem consiliis tuis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—With in:

comes in ulciscendis quibusdam,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 2.—

Fem., Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 54; Lucr. 5, 741:

data sum comes inculpata Minervae,

Ov. M. 2, 588; cf. id. H. 3, 10:

me tibi venturam comitem,

id. ib. 13, 163; Verg. A. 4, 677; 6, 448.—

Transf. to inanimate objects:

malis erat angor Assidue comes,

Lucr. 6, 1159:

comes formidinis, aura,

id. 3, 290:

ploratus mortis comites,

id. 2, 580:

tunc vitae socia virtus, mortis comes gloria fuisset,

Cic. Font. 21, 49 (17, 39):

multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

pacis est comes, otiique socia eloquentia,

id. Brut. 12, 45; cf.

an idea (perh. intentionally) opp. to this,

Tac. Or. 40:

non ut ullam artem doctrinamve contemneres, sed ut omnis comites ac ministratrices oratoris esse diceres,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 75:

cui ipsi casus eventusque rerum non duces sed comites consiliorum fuerunt,

id. Balb. 4, 9:

exanimatio. quas comes pavoris,

id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

(grammatice) dulcis secretorum comes,

Quint. 1, 4, 5:

(cura) comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

culpam poena premit comes,

id. C. 4, 5, 24:

nec (fides) comitem abnegat,

id. ib. 1, 35, 22: comitemque [p. 374] aeris alieni atque litis esse miseriam, Orac. ap. Plin. 7, 32, 32, § 119.—

In partic.

An overseer, tutor, teacher, etc., of young persons (rare;

not ante-Aug.),

Verg. A. 2, 86; 5, 546; Suet. Tib. 12; Stat. S. 5, 2, 60.— Esp. = paedagogus, a slave who accompanied boys as a protector, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Claud. 35.—Far more freq.,

The suite, retinue of friends, relatives, scholars, noble youth, etc., which accompanied magistrates into the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 27 sq; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Ner. 5; id. Gram. 10.—

The attendants of distinguished private individuals, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 76; 1, 17, 52; id. S. 1, 6, 102; Suet. Caes. 4.— Trop.: (Cicero) in libris de Republica Platonis se comitem profitetur, Plin. praef. § 22.—

After the time of the emperors, the imperial train, the courtiers, court, Suet. Aug. 16; 98; id. Tib. 46; id. Calig. 45; id. Vit. 11; id. Vesp. 4; Inscr. Orell. 723; 750 al.—Hence,

In late Lat., a designation for the occupant of any state office, as, comes scholarum, rei militaris, aerarii utriusque, commerciorum (hence, Ital. conte; Fr. comte).

hŏnōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( depon.:

Dionysius Platonem in litore occurrens honoratus est,

Sol. 1, § 123; 2, § 26; Ampel. 2, 5) [honor], to clothe or adorn with honor; to honor, respect; to adorn, ornament, embellish, decorate (class.; cf.

honeste): mortem ejus (Ser. Sulpicii) non monumento sed luctu publico esse honorandam putarem,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 5:

ornandi honorandique potestas,

id. ib. 5, 17, 45 Orell. N. cr.:

honorandus sum, quia tyrannum occidi (opp. puniendus),

Quint. 3, 6, 74; cf. id. 7, 4, 41:

Amphiaraüm sic honoravit fama Graeciae,

Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88:

virtutem,

id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

aliquos sellis curulibus, toga praetexta, corona triumphali laureaque honorare,

Liv. 10, 7, 9: populum congiariis, to honor, i. e. present, Vell. 2, 129, 3;

cf: nisi in arena passi sunt se honorari,

Dig. 3, 1, 1; 48, 10, 15:

honoratus equestri statua,

Vell. 2, 61, 3:

Apollo lyram modo nato flore honorabat,

adorned, Petr. 83:

lato clavo vel equo publico similive honore honorari,

Ulp. Fragm. 7, 1.—Hence, hŏnō-rātus, a, um, P. a., honored, respected; honorable, respectable, distinguished.

In gen. [class.):

qui honorem sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: beati, qui honorati sunt, videntur;

miseri autem, qui sunt inglorii,

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 32:

clari et honorati viri,

id. de Sen. 7, 22:

homo et princeps,

id. Off. 1, 39, 138:

honoratus et nobilis Thucydides,

id. Or. 9, 32:

Achilles,

Hor. A. P. 120:

cani,

Ov. M. 8, 9:

praefectura,

Cic. Planc. 8, 19:

amici,

i. e. courtiers, Liv. 40, 54, 6:

rus,

granted as a mark of honor, Ov. M. 15, 617; cf.

sedes,

Tac. A. 2, 63.— Comp.:

Dionysius apud me honoratior fuit, quam apud Scipionem Panaetius,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 2:

spes honoratioris militiae,

Liv. 32, 23, 9.— Sup.:

genus pollens atque honoratissimum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28:

honoratissimo loco lectus,

Vell. 2, 76, 1:

honoratissimae imaginis vir,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

genus assensus,

Tac. G. 11.—

In partic., honored by a public office, filling a post of honor, honorable, respectable (perh. not anteAug.):

praetor,

Ov. F. 1, 52:

consul honoratus vir,

id. P. 4, 5, 1:

honoratior,

Vell. 2, 54 fin.:

familia honorata magis quam nobilis,

Eutr. 7, 18: si quis forte honoratorum, decurionum, possessorum, etc., Cod. Th. 9, 27, 6; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40; Inscr. Orell. 3540; 3971 al.; cf.:

HONORATVS AD CVRAM KALENDARII,

Inscr. Grut. 444, 5:

honoratae comae,

i. e. of a high magistrate, Ov. P. 2, 2, 92.—

Act., conferring honor, = honorificus (very rare):

senatus quam poterat honoratissimo decreto adlocutus eos mandat consulibus,

Liv. 27, 10, 6.—Hence, adv.: hŏnōrātē, with honor, honorably:

quam illum et honorate nec secure continet?

Vell. 2, 129, 4:

quod filium honorate custodierant,

Tac. H. 4, 63.— Comp.:

utrum contumeliosius expulerint, an revocaverint honoratius,

Just. 5, 4, 13; Val. Max. 5, 1, 11. — Sup.:

aliquem honoratissime excipere,

Val. Max. 2, 10, 2.