(v. a.P. a.) : com-mitto (con-m-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
* Of two or more objects, to bring, join, combine into one whole; to join or put together, to connect, unite.
* In gen. (rare; not in Cic.), constr. inter se, cum aliquā re, alicui, with in and acc., and with acc. only.
* To place a thing somewhere for preservation, protection, care, etc.; to give, intrust, commit to, to give up or resign to, to trust (syn.: commendo, trado, credo; very freq. and class.); constr. with aliquid (aliquem) alicui, in aliquid, or absol.
* In partic., to set or bring men or animals together in a contest or fight, as competitors, etc., to set together, set on (freq. in Suet.; elsewhere rare): pugiles Latinos cum Graecis,Suet. Aug. 45: quingenis peditibus, elephantis vicenis, tricenis equitibus hinc et inde commissis,id. Caes. 39; id. Claud. 34: camelorum quadrigas,id. Ner. 11; Luc. 1, 97: victores committe,Mart. 8, 43, 3; cf. id. Spect. 28, 1: licet Aenean Rutulumque ferocem Committas,i.e. you describe their contest in your poem, you bring them in contact with each other,Juv. 1, 162: eunucho Bromium committere noli,id. 6, 378: inter se omnes,Suet. Calig. 56: aequales inter se,id. Gram. 17.
* With dat.: viam a Placentiā ut Flaminiae committeret,Liv. 39, 2, 10: quā naris fronti committitur,is joined to,Ov. M. 12, 315: quā vir equo commissus erat,id. ib. 12, 478 (of a Centaur); cf. of Scylla: delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum,Verg. A. 3, 428: commissa dextera dextrae,Ov. H. 2, 31: medulla spinae commissa cerebro,Cels. 8, 1: moles, quae urbem continenti committeret,Curt. 4, 2, 16; Flor. 1, 4, 2 Duker.
* With in and acc.: commissa in unum crura,Ov. M. 4, 580: committuntur suturae in unguem,Cels. 8, 1.—(ε) With acc. only: barbaricam pestem navibus obtulit, commissam infabre, Pac. ap. Non. p. 40, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 271 Rib.): commissis operibus,Liv. 38, 7, 10: fidibusque mei commissa mariti moenia,Ov. M. 6, 178: (terra) maria committeret,Curt. 3, 1, 13; 7, 7, 14: noctes duas,Ov. Am. 1, 13, 46; cf.: nocte commissā. Sen. Herc. Oet. 1698: commissa corpore toto,Ov. M. 4, 369; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 248, 25: cervix committitur primo artu, Val. Fl. 4, 310: domus plumbo commissa,patched,Juv. 14, 310.
* Trop., to bring together for comparison, to compare, put together, match: committit vates et comparat, inde Maronem, Atque aliā parte in trutinā suspendit Homerum,Juv. 6, 436; cf. Prop. 2, 3, 21; Mart. 7, 24, 1.
* Transf., of a battle, war: proelium, certamen, bellum, etc.
* To arrange a battle or contest, to enter upon, engage in, begin, join, commence, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77: proelii committendi signum dare,Caes. B. G. 2, 21: cum proelium commissum audissent,id. ib. 7, 62: commisso ab equitibus proelio,id. B. C. 1, 40: in aciem exercitum eduxit proeliumque commisit,Nep. Eum. 3 fin.; id. Hann. 11, 3; id. Milt. 6, 3; Just. 2, 12, 7; 15, 4, 22; 22, 6, 6: postquam eo ventum est, ut a ferentariis proelium committi posset,Sall. C. 60, 2: commisso proelio, diutius nostrorum militum impetum hostes ferre non potuerunt,Caes. B. G. 4, 35; id. B. C. 1, 13; 2, 6 Kraner ad loc.: Caesar cohortatus suos proelium commisit,id. ib. 1, 25: utrum proelium committi ex usu esset, necne,id. ib. 1, 50; 1, 52; 2, 19; Nep. Milt. 5, 3: pridie quam Siciliensem pugnam classe committeret,Suet. Aug. 96: avidus committere pugnam,Sil. 8, 619: pugnas,Stat. Th. 6, 143: rixae committendae causā,Liv. 5, 25, 2: cum vates monere eum (regem) coepit, ne committeret, aut certe differret obsidionem,Curt. 9, 4, 27.—Of a drinking contest for a wager: a summo septenis cyathis committe hos ludos,Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 19: nondum commisso spectaculo,Liv. 2, 36, 1: musicum agona,Suet. Ner. 23: aciem,Flor. 4, 2, 46: commissum (bellum) ac profligatum conficere,Liv. 21, 40, 11; 8, 25, 5; 31, 28, 1 al.; cf.: si quis trium temporum momenta consideret, primo commissum bellum, profligatum secundo, tertio vero confectum est,Flor. 2, 15, 2: committere Martem,Sil. 13, 155: quo die ludi committebantur,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6: ludos dedicationis,Suet. Claud. 21: ludos,Verg. A. 5, 113.
* In gen.: committere aliquid, to begin any course of action, to undertake, carry on, hold (rare): tribuni sanguine commissa proscriptio,Vell. 2, 64 fin.: judicium inter sicarios committitur,Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11. —In part. perf.: egregie ad ultimum in audacter commisso perseveravit,Liv. 44, 4, 11; cf. id. ib. § 8; 44, 6, 14.
* In partic., to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; to commit a crime (very freq. and class.).
* With acc.: ut neque timeant, qui nihil commiserint, et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent, qui peccaverint,Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 30: commississe cavet quod mox mutare laboret,Hor. A. P. 168: ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti, Verri crimini daturus sum,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35: quantum flagitii,id. Brut. 61, 219: tantum facinus,id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65: virilis audaciae facinora,Sall. C. 25, 1: majus delictum,Caes. B. G. 7, 4: nil nefandum,Ov. M. 9, 626: nefarias res,Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2: scelus,id. Sull. 2, 6; Dig. 48, 9, 7: adulterium,Quint. 7, 2, 11; 7, 3, 1: incestum cum filio,id. 5, 10, 19: parricidium,id. 7, 2, 2: caedem,id. 7, 4, 43; 10, 1, 12; 5, 12, 3: sacrilegium,id. 7, 2, 18: fraudem,Hor. C. 1, 28, 31.—Aliquid adversus, in, erga: committere multa et in deos et in homines impie nefarieque,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6; cf.: in te,Verg. A. 1, 231: aliquid adversus populum Romanum,Liv. 42, 38, 3: aliquid erga te,Cic. Att. 3, 20, 3.
* Committere contra legem, in legem, lege, to offend, sin, commit an offence: quasi committeret contra legem,Cic. Brut. 12, 48: in legem Juliam de adulteriis,Dig. 48, 5, 39; 48, 10, 13: adversus testamentum,ib. 34, 3, 8, § 2: ne lege censoriā committant,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16: lege de sicariis,Quint. 7, 1, 9.
* Poenam, multam, etc., jurid. t. t., to bring punishment upon one's self by an error or fault, to incur, make one's self liable to it: poenam,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 30; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; and: committere in poenam edicti,Dig. 2, 2, 4: ut illam multam non commiserit,Cic. Clu. 37, 103; Dig. 35, 1, 6 pr.
* With ut, to be guilty or be in fault, so that, to give occasion or cause, that, to act so as that: id me commissurum ut patiar fieri,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 78: non committet hodie iterum ut vapulet,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 5: ego nolo quemquam civem committere, ut morte multandus sit: tu, etiam si commiserit, conservandum putas,Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15: committere ut accusator nominere,id. Off. 2, 14, 50; so Liv. 25, 6, 17: non committam, ut tibi ipse insanire videar,Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3; 3, 7, 3; id. Att. 1, 6, 1; 1, 20, 3; id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; id. Off. 3, 2, 6; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1, Quint. 1, 10, 30; 5, 13, 27; Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37.—More rare in a like sense, (ε) With cur or quare: Caedicius negare se commissurum, cur sibi quisquam imperium finiret,Liv. 5, 46, 6: neque commissum a se, quare timeret,Caes. B. G. 1, 14.—(ζ) With inf.: non committunt scamna facere,Col. 2, 4, 3: infelix committit saepe repelli,Ov. M. 9, 632.
* Also (mostly in jurid. Lat.) of laws, judicial regulations, promises, etc., that become binding in consequence of the fulfilment of a condition as the commission of a crime, etc.: in civitatem obligatam sponsione commissa iratis omnibus diis,a promise the condition of which has been fulfilled,Liv. 9, 11, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: hanc ego devotionem capitis mei... convictam esse et commissam putabo,Cic. Dom. 57, 145: si alius committat edictum,transgresses, incurs its penalty, makes himself liable to,Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 11; cf.: commisso edicto ab alio filio, ib. lex 8, § 4: commisso per alium edicto, ib. lex 10, § 1 al.: statim atque commissa lex est,ib. 18, 3, 4, § 2: committetur stipulatio,ib. 24, 3, 56.
* Aliquid (aliquem, se) alicui: honor non solum datus sed etiam creditus ac commissus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35: nec illi (Catoni) committendum illud negotium, sed inponendum putaverunt,id. Sest. 28, 60: qui capita vestra non dubitatis credere, cui calceandos nemo commisit pedes?Phaedr. 1, 14, 16: ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf. id. And. 1, 5, 61): ne quid committam tibi,Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 21; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.: his salutem nostram, his fortunas, his liberos rectissime committi arbitramur,Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; id. Att. 1, 13, 1; cf. id. ib. § 4: tibi rem magnam,id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; id. Mil. 25, 68: quia commissi sunt eis magistratus,id. Planc. 25, 61: summum imperium potestatemque omnium rerum alicui,Nep. Lys. 1 fin.: domino rem omnem,Hor. S. 2, 7, 67: caput tonsori,id. A. P. 301: ratem pelago,id. C. 1, 3, 11: sulcis semina (corresp. with spem credere terrae),Verg. G. 1, 223; cf.: committere semen sitienti solo,Col. 2, 8, 4: ulcus frigori,Cels. 6, 18, n. 2: aliquid litteris,Cic. Att. 4, 1, 8; so, verba tabellis,Ov. M. 9, 587: vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,Hor. C. 4, 9, 11 al.: committere se populo, senatui, publicis praesidiis et armis (corresp. with se tradere),Cic. Mil. 23, 61; so, se urbi,id. Att. 15, 11, 1: se theatro populoque Romano,id. Sest. 54, 116: se proelio,Liv. 4, 59, 2: se pugnae,id. 5, 32, 4: se publico,to venture into the streets,Suet. Ner. 26: se neque navigationi, neque viae,Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; cf. id. Phil. 12, 10, 25; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31: se timidius fortunae,id. Att. 9, 6, 4: civilibus fluctibus,Nep. Att. 6, 1 al.—Prov.: ovem lupo (Gr. καταλείπειν ὄϊν ἐν λύκοισι), Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16.
* Aliquid (aliquem, se) in aliquid (so esp. freq. in Liv.): aliquid in alicujus fidem committere,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 34; cf. Liv. 30, 14, 4: se in id conclave,Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64: se in conspectum populi Romani,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf. Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2: se in senatum,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2; id. Ac. 2, 21, 68: summae fuisse dementiae dubiā spe impulsum certum in periculum se committere,id. Inv. 2, 8, 27: rem in casum ancipitis eventus,Liv. 4, 27, 6; cf.: duos filios in aleam ejus casus,id. 40, 21, 6: rem in aciem,id. 3, 2, 12; cf.: se in aciem,id. 7, 26, 11; 23, 11, 10; rempublicam in discrimen,id. 8, 32, 4; cf.: rerum summam in discrimen,id. 33, 7, 10.
* (Acc. to I. 3.) An undertaking, enterprise: nec aliud restabat quam audacter commissum corrigere,Liv. 44, 4, 8: supererat nihil aliud in temere commisso, quam, etc.,id. 44, 6, 14.
* (Acc. to I. 4.) A transgression, offence, fault, crime: sacrum,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: nisi aut quid commissi aut est causa jurgi,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 21: ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed quod, etc.,Cic. Sull. 26, 72; cf. turpe,Hor. C. 3, 27, 39: commissi praemia,Ov. F. 4, 590.—In plur.: post mihi non simili poenā commissa luetis,offences,Verg. A. 1, 136; so, fateri,Stat. S. 5, 5, 5: improba,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 304.
* Jurid. Lat., an incurring of fines, a confiscation or confiscated property, Suet. Calig. 41: in commissum cadere,Dig. 39, 4, 16: causa commissi,ib. 39, 4, 16 al.; 19, 2, 61 fin.: aliquid pro commisso tenetur,Quint. Decl. 341.
* (Acc. to II.) That which is intrusted, a secret, trust: enuntiare commissa,Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31: commissa celare,Nep. Epam. 3, 2; cf. Juv. 9, 93: commissa tacere,Hor. S. 1, 4, 84: prodere,id. ib. 1, 3, 95: retinent commissa fideliter aures,id. Ep. 1, 18, 70: commissum teges (corresp. with arcanum scrutaberis),id. ib. 1, 18, 38; cf. id. A. P. 200.

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