solʔdus

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

solódkij (dial.) `sweet' [adj o]

slàtkī `sweet' [adj o];

slȁdak `sweet' [adj o], slȁtka [Nomsf], slȁtka [Nomsf];

Čak. slakȋ (Vrgada) `sweet' [adj o];

slȁk (Vrgada) `sweet' [adj o], slakȁ [Nomsf], slȁko [Nomsn];

Čak. slȁtki (Orbanići) `sweet' [adj o], slȁtka [Nomsf]

sládǝk `sweet' [adj o], sládka [Nomsf]

saldùs `sweet' [adj u] 3

Go. salt `salt' [n]

com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,

Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

most freq. in Plaut.): statura,

a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:

capillus,

id. Most. 1, 3, 98:

viginti argenti minae,

full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:

talentum argenti,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:

novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:

alimenta,

Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:

capitis valetudo commodior,

more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;

and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,

to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—

Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).

Of things.

With dat.

Of the purpose or use:

curationi omnia commodiora,

Liv. 30, 19, 5:

nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,

Verg. G. 4, 129.—

Of the person:

hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:

quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,

id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:

nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),

Liv. 34, 3, 5:

primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,

Tac. Or. 12:

hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,

Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—

Absol.:

hiberna,

Liv. 42, 67, 8:

longius ceterum commodius iter,

id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:

commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

commodius anni tempus,

Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:

faciliore ac commodiore judicio,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:

mores,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:

proinde ut commodum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:

si id non commodum est,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:

id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,

Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—

With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):

nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,

Ov. F. 2, 288.—

With sup. in u (rare):

hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—

Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:

mihi commodus uni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:

quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?

Cic. Mur. 31, 66:

commodior mitiorque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:

Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

convivae,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:

commodus comissator,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:

commodus meis sodalibus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:

homines,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:

mulier commoda, Faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:

ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:

spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,

sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,

Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.

A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):

nostrum exspectare,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,

id. ib. 14, 2, 3;

12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,

In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:

etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

quod commodo tuo fiat,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:

ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,

Liv. 42, 18, 3:

tamquam lecturus ex commodo,

Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;

so opp. festinanter,

id. 6, 2, 14.—

Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,

Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:

cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

pacis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:

contra valetudinis commodum laborare,

to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:

mea,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

in publica peccem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

populi commoda,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—

Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,

emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:

emeritae militiae,

id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:

militibus commoda dare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:

tribunatus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

missionum,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—

A useful thing, a good:

commoda vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:

cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 17:

inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,

id. ib. 87, 29. —

Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:

ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,

Liv. 10, 25, 17.—

Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:

qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—

Advv.:

commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).

At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):

ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:

commodum adveni domum,

id. Am. 2, 2, 37:

orditur loqui,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:

ipse exit Lesbonicus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —

To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.

Absol.:

ad te hercle ibam commodum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,

Gell. 2, 2, 2:

si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,

just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —

With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:

postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:

commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,

Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,

id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:

adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):

cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,

Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —

commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—

commŏdē, adv.

(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):

suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:

saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:

multa breviter et commode dicta,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:

cogitare,

id. Heaut. prol. 14:

audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

valere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:

feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:

commode facere, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:

commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:

commode facere,

to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—

(Acc. to commodus, II.)

Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:

magis commode quam strenue navigavi,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

vos istic commodissime sperem esse,

id. ib. 14, 7, 2:

explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:

hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:

consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:

cui commodissime subjungitur,

id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—

In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:

acceptae bene et commode eximus,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—

(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.

Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,

Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:

thermae,

Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —

Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Nonae,

Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—

Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,

Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

most freq. in Plaut.): statura,

a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:

capillus,

id. Most. 1, 3, 98:

viginti argenti minae,

full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:

talentum argenti,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:

novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:

alimenta,

Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:

capitis valetudo commodior,

more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;

and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,

to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—

Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).

Of things.

With dat.

Of the purpose or use:

curationi omnia commodiora,

Liv. 30, 19, 5:

nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,

Verg. G. 4, 129.—

Of the person:

hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:

quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,

id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:

nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),

Liv. 34, 3, 5:

primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,

Tac. Or. 12:

hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,

Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—

Absol.:

hiberna,

Liv. 42, 67, 8:

longius ceterum commodius iter,

id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:

commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

commodius anni tempus,

Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:

faciliore ac commodiore judicio,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:

mores,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:

proinde ut commodum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:

si id non commodum est,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:

id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,

Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—

With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):

nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,

Ov. F. 2, 288.—

With sup. in u (rare):

hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—

Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:

mihi commodus uni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:

quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?

Cic. Mur. 31, 66:

commodior mitiorque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:

Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

convivae,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:

commodus comissator,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:

commodus meis sodalibus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:

homines,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:

mulier commoda, Faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:

ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:

spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,

sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,

Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.

A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):

nostrum exspectare,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,

id. ib. 14, 2, 3;

12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,

In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:

etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

quod commodo tuo fiat,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:

ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,

Liv. 42, 18, 3:

tamquam lecturus ex commodo,

Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;

so opp. festinanter,

id. 6, 2, 14.—

Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,

Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:

cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

pacis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:

contra valetudinis commodum laborare,

to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:

mea,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

in publica peccem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

populi commoda,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—

Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,

emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:

emeritae militiae,

id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:

militibus commoda dare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:

tribunatus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

missionum,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—

A useful thing, a good:

commoda vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:

cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 17:

inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,

id. ib. 87, 29. —

Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:

ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,

Liv. 10, 25, 17.—

Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:

qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—

Advv.:

commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).

At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):

ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:

commodum adveni domum,

id. Am. 2, 2, 37:

orditur loqui,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:

ipse exit Lesbonicus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —

To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.

Absol.:

ad te hercle ibam commodum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,

Gell. 2, 2, 2:

si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,

just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —

With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:

postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:

commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,

Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,

id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:

adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):

cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,

Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —

commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—

commŏdē, adv.

(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):

suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:

saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:

multa breviter et commode dicta,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:

cogitare,

id. Heaut. prol. 14:

audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

valere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:

feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:

commode facere, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:

commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:

commode facere,

to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—

(Acc. to commodus, II.)

Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:

magis commode quam strenue navigavi,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

vos istic commodissime sperem esse,

id. ib. 14, 7, 2:

explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:

hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:

consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:

cui commodissime subjungitur,

id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—

In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:

acceptae bene et commode eximus,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—

(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.

Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,

Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:

thermae,

Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —

Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Nonae,

Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—

Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.