LAT
commeo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : com-mĕo (conm-), āvi, ātum, 1
* 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.
* 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.
* Rarely with cognate acc. vias, Dig. 48, 10, 27, § 2 (for Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82, v. 1. commeto).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Rarely with cognate acc. vias, Dig. 48, 10, 27, § 2 (for Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82, v. 1. commeto).
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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