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Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : com-mendo (conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. mando
* To commit to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one's charge, commit to one's care, commend to.
* Prop.
* Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.: commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere,Dig. 50, 16, 186: Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi,Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1: sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto,id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40: nummos alicui,Dig. 16, 3, 24: corpus alicui loco,Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4: CORPORA SARCOPHAGO,Inscr. Orell. 4370.—Poet.: semina sulcis,Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, Just. 35, 2, 1: cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus,Hyg. Fab. 3.
* In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.): principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt,Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.; Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus,Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47: (vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet,id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.: nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā,id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21: adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis,id. 10, 1, 101: quod me Lucanae commendet amicae,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21: marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus,Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49: compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant,Caes. B. C. 1, 74: hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares,Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3: se civibus impiis,id. ib. 5, 1, 3: cum se numeris commendat et arte,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261: se tonsā cute,id. ib. 1, 18, 7: his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset,Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.
* Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others: is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46: hi de suā salute desperantes ... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset,Caes. B. C. 2, 41: ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73. tibi suos testamento liberos,Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.
* Commended, recommended to: quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae?Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43: ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos,id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.
* Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued: vultus commendatior,Petr. 110, 5: calami,Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161: fama commendatior,id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.
* To commit to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one's charge, commit to one's care, commend to.
* Prop.
* Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.: commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere,Dig. 50, 16, 186: Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi,Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1: sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto,id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40: nummos alicui,Dig. 16, 3, 24: corpus alicui loco,Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4: CORPORA SARCOPHAGO,Inscr. Orell. 4370.—Poet.: semina sulcis,Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, Just. 35, 2, 1: cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus,Hyg. Fab. 3.
* In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.): principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt,Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.; Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus,Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47: (vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet,id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.: nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā,id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21: adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis,id. 10, 1, 101: quod me Lucanae commendet amicae,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21: marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus,Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49: compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant,Caes. B. C. 1, 74: hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares,Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3: se civibus impiis,id. ib. 5, 1, 3: cum se numeris commendat et arte,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261: se tonsā cute,id. ib. 1, 18, 7: his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset,Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.
* Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others: is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46: hi de suā salute desperantes ... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset,Caes. B. C. 2, 41: ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex,Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73. tibi suos testamento liberos,Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.
* Commended, recommended to: quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae?Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43: ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos,id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.
* Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued: vultus commendatior,Petr. 110, 5: calami,Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161: fama commendatior,id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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