commendātĭo (noun F) : commendo
* A commendation, recommending (in good prose, and very freq.).
* In abstr., as an act: amicorum,Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 1; 12, 26 ter; id. Fin. 5, 15, 41; Sall. C. 35, 1; Quint. 9, 2, 59; cf. id. 5, 10, 41; 4, 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 75; id. Aug. 46 al.—In plur., Cic. Fam. 13, 32, 1.—With gen. obj.: ad ceteros contempti hominis,Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1: sui,id. Or. 36, 124 (opp. offensio adversarii); Dig. 1, 16, 4, § 3: commendationes morientium,Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 65; cf. commendo, I. B. 2.
* Trop., by the eyes: oculorum,Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357: naturae,id. Planc. 13, 31.
* In concr., that which recommends, the excellence of a thing, worth, praise, a recommendation: ingenii,Cic. Brut. 67, 238: liberalitatis,id. Fam. 1, 7, 9: majorum,id. Cat. 1, 11, 28: probitatis,id. de Or. 2, 52, 211: fumosarum imaginum (i. e. nobilitatis),id. Pis. 1, 1: tanta (erat) oris atque orationis,Nep. Alcib. 1, 2: formae atque aetatis, Auct. B. Alex. 41: animi,Quint. 4, 2, 113: morum,id. 11, 3, 154: prima commendatio proficiscitur a modestiā,Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46; cf. id. ib. § 45; id. Deiot. 1, 2: Epicurus, cum in primā commendatione voluptatem dixisset,id. Fin. 2, 12, 35; cf. id. ib. 5, 14, 40.

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