retro or invicem

rursus, rursum, and arch. rūsum or russum (rursum and rusum are the most usual forms in the ante-class., and rursus in the class. per.), adv. [contr. from revorsus or revorsum, from reverto; cf. prorsus and sursum], turned back or backwards, back, backwards (opp. prorsus): rursus retro, Non.

Lit. (only ante-class.): rursus prorsus reciprocat fluctus feram, Enn. ap. Non. 164, 11, and 384 fin. (Trag. v. 143 Vahl.); cf.:

trepidari sentio et cursari rursum prorsum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 35: mortales multi rursus ac prorsus meant, Varr. ap. Non. 384, 32:

cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis, Maximum periculum inde esse, a summo ne rursum cadas?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

ego cunas recessim rursum vorsum trahere et ducere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 60; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 63.—

Transf.

To indicate the reverse of something, on the contrary, on the other hand, in return, again (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition; syn.: retro, contra, in vicem): in hominum aetate multa eveniunt hujusmodi: Capiunt voluptates: capiunt rursum miserias;

Irae interveniunt, redeunt rursum in gratiam, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 58 sq.:

bellum, pax rursum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 16; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 15:

quicquid dicunt, laudo: id rursum si negant laudo id quoque,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 20: Mi. Salutat. Ag. Saluta hunc rursus Punice meis verbis, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 40:

accipe a me rursum rationem doli,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 178:

succurrit Pulfioni Varenus et laboranti subvenit... Huic (Vareno) rursus circumvento fert subsidium Pulfio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

eos ipse rursus singulos exceptans,

id. ib. 7, 47 fin.; 51; id. B. C. 1, 45, 3:

clamore sublato excipit rursus ex vallo clamor,

id. B. G. 7, 88; Sall. J. 69, 1:

postquam luxu atque desidiā civitas corrupta est, rursus respublica magnitudine suā imperatorum vitia sustentabat,

id. C. 53, 5: primum Metellum esse rati, portas clausere;

deinde rursus Jugurtham arbitrati obvii procedunt,

id. J. 69, 1:

ut illae superiores (partes) in medium locum mundi gravitate ferantur, sic hae rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

cum totam terram contueri licebit... tum et habitabiles regiones et rursum omni cultu propter vim frigoris vacantes,

id. ib. 1, 20, 45; id. Rep. 2, 4, 9:

quod (Gorgias) judicaret hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando vituperandoque rursus affligere,

id. Brut. 12, 47:

necesse erit cupere et optare... rursus autem recte factis angi,

id. Lael. 16, 59; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 65:

neque rursum eam totam repudiaret,

id. de Or. 1, 24, 110; so,

neque rursum,

Quint. 1, 10, 2; 2, 4, 3; 10, 3, 10;

12, 5, 4: Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra. Rursus, quid virtus et quid sapientia possit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

aequum est, Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus,

id. S. 1, 3, 75; Curt. 9, 2, 9; Tac. Agr. 29; id. A. 1, 80:

his, rursus illis exitiabile,

id. H. 3, 22.—Hence sometimes with retro, contra, invicem:

concede, nihil esse bonum, nisi, etc.... Vide rursus retro,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

hi rursus invicem anno post in armis sunt: illi domi remanent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum? etc. At tibi contra Evenit, inquirant vitia ut tua rursus et illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 28.—

Denoting return to a former action or its repetition, back again, again, anew (syn.:

iterum, denuo): em rursum nunc nugas agis,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 61:

quem (Peliam) Medea dicitur Fecisse rursus ex sene adulescentulum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 82; cf.:

uti quidque in sua corpora rursum Dissolvat natura,

Lucr. 1, 215:

eadem gigni rursusque augescere dixi,

id. 5, 250:

obloquere rursum?

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 88:

feri malam tu illi rursum,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 55:

te suam (causam) rogavit rursum ut ageres,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 5, 8:

quo loco, si tibi hoc sumis... facis, ut rursus plebes in Aventinum sevocanda esse videatur,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15:

Helvetii, qui in montem sese receperant, rursus instare et proelium redintegrare coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.: bellum inferre, id. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A:

confligere cum Bruti classe,

Caes. B. C. 2, 3 fin.; 4 fin.:

terga vertere,

id. ib. 1, 45:

rursus minuente aestu,

id. B. G. 3, 12; 5, 8; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 40 Müll.: rursus aliam in partem fugam petebant, Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

has (cohortes) subsidiariae ternae, et rursus aliae totidem, suae cujusque legionis, subsequebantur,

id. B. C. 1, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 9; Sall. J. 103, 2. —In beginning a new strophe (= Gr. palin): rursus, et hoc iterum repetamus carmen, Val. Cat. Dir. 14.—Pleon., with denuo, etc.:

Diphilus hanc Graece scripsit, post id rursum denuo Latine Plautus,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34:

revortor rursus denuo Karthaginem,

id. Poen. prol. 79; Auct. B. Hisp. 35.—Freq. with words compounded with re; like reverti, regredi, se recipere, reducere, revocare, etc., v. h. vv.

rursus, rursum, and arch. rūsum or russum (rursum and rusum are the most usual forms in the ante-class., and rursus in the class. per.), adv. [contr. from revorsus or revorsum, from reverto; cf. prorsus and sursum], turned back or backwards, back, backwards (opp. prorsus): rursus retro, Non.

Lit. (only ante-class.): rursus prorsus reciprocat fluctus feram, Enn. ap. Non. 164, 11, and 384 fin. (Trag. v. 143 Vahl.); cf.:

trepidari sentio et cursari rursum prorsum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 35: mortales multi rursus ac prorsus meant, Varr. ap. Non. 384, 32:

cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis, Maximum periculum inde esse, a summo ne rursum cadas?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

ego cunas recessim rursum vorsum trahere et ducere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 60; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 63.—

Transf.

To indicate the reverse of something, on the contrary, on the other hand, in return, again (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition; syn.: retro, contra, in vicem): in hominum aetate multa eveniunt hujusmodi: Capiunt voluptates: capiunt rursum miserias;

Irae interveniunt, redeunt rursum in gratiam, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 58 sq.:

bellum, pax rursum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 16; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 15:

quicquid dicunt, laudo: id rursum si negant laudo id quoque,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 20: Mi. Salutat. Ag. Saluta hunc rursus Punice meis verbis, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 40:

accipe a me rursum rationem doli,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 178:

succurrit Pulfioni Varenus et laboranti subvenit... Huic (Vareno) rursus circumvento fert subsidium Pulfio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

eos ipse rursus singulos exceptans,

id. ib. 7, 47 fin.; 51; id. B. C. 1, 45, 3:

clamore sublato excipit rursus ex vallo clamor,

id. B. G. 7, 88; Sall. J. 69, 1:

postquam luxu atque desidiā civitas corrupta est, rursus respublica magnitudine suā imperatorum vitia sustentabat,

id. C. 53, 5: primum Metellum esse rati, portas clausere;

deinde rursus Jugurtham arbitrati obvii procedunt,

id. J. 69, 1:

ut illae superiores (partes) in medium locum mundi gravitate ferantur, sic hae rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

cum totam terram contueri licebit... tum et habitabiles regiones et rursum omni cultu propter vim frigoris vacantes,

id. ib. 1, 20, 45; id. Rep. 2, 4, 9:

quod (Gorgias) judicaret hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando vituperandoque rursus affligere,

id. Brut. 12, 47:

necesse erit cupere et optare... rursus autem recte factis angi,

id. Lael. 16, 59; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 65:

neque rursum eam totam repudiaret,

id. de Or. 1, 24, 110; so,

neque rursum,

Quint. 1, 10, 2; 2, 4, 3; 10, 3, 10;

12, 5, 4: Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra. Rursus, quid virtus et quid sapientia possit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

aequum est, Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus,

id. S. 1, 3, 75; Curt. 9, 2, 9; Tac. Agr. 29; id. A. 1, 80:

his, rursus illis exitiabile,

id. H. 3, 22.—Hence sometimes with retro, contra, invicem:

concede, nihil esse bonum, nisi, etc.... Vide rursus retro,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

hi rursus invicem anno post in armis sunt: illi domi remanent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum? etc. At tibi contra Evenit, inquirant vitia ut tua rursus et illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 28.—

Denoting return to a former action or its repetition, back again, again, anew (syn.:

iterum, denuo): em rursum nunc nugas agis,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 61:

quem (Peliam) Medea dicitur Fecisse rursus ex sene adulescentulum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 82; cf.:

uti quidque in sua corpora rursum Dissolvat natura,

Lucr. 1, 215:

eadem gigni rursusque augescere dixi,

id. 5, 250:

obloquere rursum?

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 88:

feri malam tu illi rursum,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 55:

te suam (causam) rogavit rursum ut ageres,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 5, 8:

quo loco, si tibi hoc sumis... facis, ut rursus plebes in Aventinum sevocanda esse videatur,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15:

Helvetii, qui in montem sese receperant, rursus instare et proelium redintegrare coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.: bellum inferre, id. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A:

confligere cum Bruti classe,

Caes. B. C. 2, 3 fin.; 4 fin.:

terga vertere,

id. ib. 1, 45:

rursus minuente aestu,

id. B. G. 3, 12; 5, 8; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 40 Müll.: rursus aliam in partem fugam petebant, Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

has (cohortes) subsidiariae ternae, et rursus aliae totidem, suae cujusque legionis, subsequebantur,

id. B. C. 1, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 9; Sall. J. 103, 2. —In beginning a new strophe (= Gr. palin): rursus, et hoc iterum repetamus carmen, Val. Cat. Dir. 14.—Pleon., with denuo, etc.:

Diphilus hanc Graece scripsit, post id rursum denuo Latine Plautus,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34:

revortor rursus denuo Karthaginem,

id. Poen. prol. 79; Auct. B. Hisp. 35.—Freq. with words compounded with re; like reverti, regredi, se recipere, reducere, revocare, etc., v. h. vv.

rursus, rursum, and arch. rūsum or russum (rursum and rusum are the most usual forms in the ante-class., and rursus in the class. per.), adv. [contr. from revorsus or revorsum, from reverto; cf. prorsus and sursum], turned back or backwards, back, backwards (opp. prorsus): rursus retro, Non.

Lit. (only ante-class.): rursus prorsus reciprocat fluctus feram, Enn. ap. Non. 164, 11, and 384 fin. (Trag. v. 143 Vahl.); cf.:

trepidari sentio et cursari rursum prorsum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 35: mortales multi rursus ac prorsus meant, Varr. ap. Non. 384, 32:

cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis, Maximum periculum inde esse, a summo ne rursum cadas?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

ego cunas recessim rursum vorsum trahere et ducere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 60; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 63.—

Transf.

To indicate the reverse of something, on the contrary, on the other hand, in return, again (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition; syn.: retro, contra, in vicem): in hominum aetate multa eveniunt hujusmodi: Capiunt voluptates: capiunt rursum miserias;

Irae interveniunt, redeunt rursum in gratiam, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 58 sq.:

bellum, pax rursum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 16; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 15:

quicquid dicunt, laudo: id rursum si negant laudo id quoque,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 20: Mi. Salutat. Ag. Saluta hunc rursus Punice meis verbis, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 40:

accipe a me rursum rationem doli,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 178:

succurrit Pulfioni Varenus et laboranti subvenit... Huic (Vareno) rursus circumvento fert subsidium Pulfio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

eos ipse rursus singulos exceptans,

id. ib. 7, 47 fin.; 51; id. B. C. 1, 45, 3:

clamore sublato excipit rursus ex vallo clamor,

id. B. G. 7, 88; Sall. J. 69, 1:

postquam luxu atque desidiā civitas corrupta est, rursus respublica magnitudine suā imperatorum vitia sustentabat,

id. C. 53, 5: primum Metellum esse rati, portas clausere;

deinde rursus Jugurtham arbitrati obvii procedunt,

id. J. 69, 1:

ut illae superiores (partes) in medium locum mundi gravitate ferantur, sic hae rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

cum totam terram contueri licebit... tum et habitabiles regiones et rursum omni cultu propter vim frigoris vacantes,

id. ib. 1, 20, 45; id. Rep. 2, 4, 9:

quod (Gorgias) judicaret hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando vituperandoque rursus affligere,

id. Brut. 12, 47:

necesse erit cupere et optare... rursus autem recte factis angi,

id. Lael. 16, 59; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 65:

neque rursum eam totam repudiaret,

id. de Or. 1, 24, 110; so,

neque rursum,

Quint. 1, 10, 2; 2, 4, 3; 10, 3, 10;

12, 5, 4: Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra. Rursus, quid virtus et quid sapientia possit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

aequum est, Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus,

id. S. 1, 3, 75; Curt. 9, 2, 9; Tac. Agr. 29; id. A. 1, 80:

his, rursus illis exitiabile,

id. H. 3, 22.—Hence sometimes with retro, contra, invicem:

concede, nihil esse bonum, nisi, etc.... Vide rursus retro,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

hi rursus invicem anno post in armis sunt: illi domi remanent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum? etc. At tibi contra Evenit, inquirant vitia ut tua rursus et illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 28.—

Denoting return to a former action or its repetition, back again, again, anew (syn.:

iterum, denuo): em rursum nunc nugas agis,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 61:

quem (Peliam) Medea dicitur Fecisse rursus ex sene adulescentulum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 82; cf.:

uti quidque in sua corpora rursum Dissolvat natura,

Lucr. 1, 215:

eadem gigni rursusque augescere dixi,

id. 5, 250:

obloquere rursum?

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 88:

feri malam tu illi rursum,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 55:

te suam (causam) rogavit rursum ut ageres,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 5, 8:

quo loco, si tibi hoc sumis... facis, ut rursus plebes in Aventinum sevocanda esse videatur,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15:

Helvetii, qui in montem sese receperant, rursus instare et proelium redintegrare coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.: bellum inferre, id. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A:

confligere cum Bruti classe,

Caes. B. C. 2, 3 fin.; 4 fin.:

terga vertere,

id. ib. 1, 45:

rursus minuente aestu,

id. B. G. 3, 12; 5, 8; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 40 Müll.: rursus aliam in partem fugam petebant, Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

has (cohortes) subsidiariae ternae, et rursus aliae totidem, suae cujusque legionis, subsequebantur,

id. B. C. 1, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 9; Sall. J. 103, 2. —In beginning a new strophe (= Gr. palin): rursus, et hoc iterum repetamus carmen, Val. Cat. Dir. 14.—Pleon., with denuo, etc.:

Diphilus hanc Graece scripsit, post id rursum denuo Latine Plautus,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34:

revortor rursus denuo Karthaginem,

id. Poen. prol. 79; Auct. B. Hisp. 35.—Freq. with words compounded with re; like reverti, regredi, se recipere, reducere, revocare, etc., v. h. vv.

com-meo, āvī, ātum, āre, rasch u. ungehindert ziehen, wandern, seinen Weg nehmen, seine Straße ziehen, eine Fahrt-, eine Reise machen od. unternehmen, gehen und kommen, ab und zugehen, od. reisen od. fahren, ein und ausgehen, ein und auslaufen, verkehren, absol., od. m. Advv., Praepp. od. bl. Kasus, a) v. leb. Wesen, α) v. Menschen, ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent, Caes.: legatos commeare ultro citroque, Liv.: insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus atque oneribus commeabant, Cic.: illa (via), quā omnes commeabant, Nep.: quā ex oppido sui commeare possent, Liv.: c. praeter hanc (effigiem), Plin. ep.: c. per hunc pontem ultro citroque, Suet.: inter Veios Romamque nuntios commeare, Liv. (vgl. commeantibus invicem nuntiis, Tac.): c. per angustias inter se, Plin. ep.: ex oriente, auf der Urlaubsreise begriffen sein (v. Soldaten), Tac.: e domo sua Megaris Athenas ad Socratem, Gell.: ex Umbria in Sabinos ad culturam agrorum quotannis commeare solere, Suet.: ab Ostia Romam pedibus per vices, Suet.: huc raro in urbem, Ter.: crebro in urbem, Plaut.: ad mulierculam, Ter.: ad meretricem famosissimam, Lact.: minime saepe ad eos (v. Handelsleuten), Caes.: ad spectacula in urbem, Suet.: libero mari, Curt.: illo mari, Tac. – m. Acc. der Wegstrecke, c. vias, Reisen machen, Mode-

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stin. dig. 48, 10, 27. § 2. – im Passiv unpers., ut eā (viā) publice iretur commearetur, Ulp. dig. 43, 8, 2. § 21: per quod iter ad utramque domum Priami commeabatur, Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 454. – β) v. Tieren, commeans ac remeans examen (apium), Pallad.: thynnis non commeantibus, Plin.: per quem (tramitem) armenta commeare consueverant, Iustin.: c. ultro ac citro (von Fischen), Varr.: per maria terrasque (v. Zugvögeln), Plin.: in alienos fines non c. (v. Kirschen), Plin. – γ) v. personif. Abstr., cuius in hortos, domum, Baias iure suo libidines omnium commearent, Cic. Cael. 38. – b) v. Schiffen u. Wagen, fossa latitudinis, quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent, Suet.: navis, quae ad ea furta, quae reliquisses, commearet, Cic.: quadrigae inter se occurrentes (auf der Mauer von Babylon) sine periculo commeare dicuntur, aneinander vorbeifahren, Curt. – c) v. Kriegsmaschinen, nam catapultae illaec ad me crebro commeant, Plaut. Curc. 398. – d) v. einer Wasserleitung, per quorum praedia ductus (aquae) commeat, läuft, Cod. Theod. 15, 2, 1. – e) v. Welt-, Himmelskörpern u. dgl., sursum deorsum, Cic.: ultro citro, Cic., ultro citroque, Plin.: vicissim retro, Cic.: ab ortu ad occasum, Cic.: animum esse per naturam rerum omnem intentum et commeantem, Cic. – f) von Gewächsen, in alienas non c. terras, nicht versetzt werden können, Plin. 14. pr. § 1: virgis etiam turis ad

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nos commeantibus, durch den Handel zu uns kommen, Plin. 12, 57. – g) vom Atem u. v. der Stimme, eadem (anima) commeabat recens assidue, Plin. 11, 277: hanc (gulam) per vices operit, cum spiritus tantum aut vox commeat, Plin. 11, 176: per alteram autem fistulam, quae Graece nominatur τραχεια ἀρτηρία, spiritum a summo ore in pulmonem atque inde rursus in os et in nares commeare, Gell. 17, 11, 3. – h) von der Seele, wandern, animas in alia nova corpora saepius commeare, Min. Fel. 34, 6: animas de corporibus in aliorum animalium corpora commeare, Lact. 3, 19, 19. – i) v. Briefen u. Unterhandlungen, crebro enim illius litterae ab aliis ad nos commeant, finden ihren Weg zu uns, Cic.: cum (litterae) per milites commearent, Tac.: posse enim eodem Flacco internuntio sermones commeare, Tac.

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-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.