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(verb) : commūnĭco (conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, (
* Dep. access. form, communicati sint = communicaverint, Liv. 4, 24, 2) [communis].
* To divide something with one, whether in giving or receiving.
* In giving, to divide a thing with one, to communicate, impart, to share; esp. freq. of imparting in discourse (very freq. in all periods); constr. usu. aliquid cum aliquo; also inter aliquos, alicui, aliquem aliquā re. cum aliquo de aliquā re and absol.
* In Tertull., acc. to communis, II., to make common, i. e. low, base, to contaminate, defile, Tert. Spect. 17; id. Patient. 8.
* In receiving, to share something with one, to lake or receive a part, to partake, participate in (also class.).
* Transf. of things: aliquid cum aliquā re, to join to an equal part, to unite: viri, quantas pecunias ab uxoribus dotis nomine acceperunt, tantas ex suis bonis cum dotibus communicant,Caes. B. G. 6, 19: privabo potius illum debito testimonio, quam id cum meā laude communicem,Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Fam. 12, 2, 1.
* In late Lat.: cum aliquo or alicui, to have intercourse with an inferior: ne cum peregrinis communicarent,Just. 36, 2, 15: malis,with evil-disposed persons,Aug. Ep. 162: ne communices homini indocto,Vulg. Ecclus. 8, 5.—Also alicui rei, to take part in, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 22.
* Aliquid cum aliquo: ut me juves Conmunicesque hanc mecum meam provinciam,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 153; cf.: provinciam cum Antonio,Cic. Pis. 2, 5: inimicitias mecum,id. Fam. 15, 21, 2: qui sibi cum illo rationem communicatam putat,believes that he has all things in common with him,id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf. id. ib. 48, 140; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2. § 5 Zumpt; Liv. 22, 27, 8: haud dubitavit (Thalestris) fateri ad communicandos cum rege liberos se venisse,Curt. 6, 5, 30 Vogel ad loc.
* Absol.: primo labores et discrimina, mox et gloriam communicabat,Tac. Agr. 8.
* Alicui (late Lat.): altari Christi,to receive the sacrament,Aug. Ep. 162; id. contra Cresc. 3, 36.
* Dep. access. form, communicati sint = communicaverint, Liv. 4, 24, 2) [communis].
* To divide something with one, whether in giving or receiving.
* In giving, to divide a thing with one, to communicate, impart, to share; esp. freq. of imparting in discourse (very freq. in all periods); constr. usu. aliquid cum aliquo; also inter aliquos, alicui, aliquem aliquā re. cum aliquo de aliquā re and absol.
* In Tertull., acc. to communis, II., to make common, i. e. low, base, to contaminate, defile, Tert. Spect. 17; id. Patient. 8.
* In receiving, to share something with one, to lake or receive a part, to partake, participate in (also class.).
* Transf. of things: aliquid cum aliquā re, to join to an equal part, to unite: viri, quantas pecunias ab uxoribus dotis nomine acceperunt, tantas ex suis bonis cum dotibus communicant,Caes. B. G. 6, 19: privabo potius illum debito testimonio, quam id cum meā laude communicem,Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Fam. 12, 2, 1.
* In late Lat.: cum aliquo or alicui, to have intercourse with an inferior: ne cum peregrinis communicarent,Just. 36, 2, 15: malis,with evil-disposed persons,Aug. Ep. 162: ne communices homini indocto,Vulg. Ecclus. 8, 5.—Also alicui rei, to take part in, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 22.
* Aliquid cum aliquo: ut me juves Conmunicesque hanc mecum meam provinciam,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 153; cf.: provinciam cum Antonio,Cic. Pis. 2, 5: inimicitias mecum,id. Fam. 15, 21, 2: qui sibi cum illo rationem communicatam putat,believes that he has all things in common with him,id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf. id. ib. 48, 140; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2. § 5 Zumpt; Liv. 22, 27, 8: haud dubitavit (Thalestris) fateri ad communicandos cum rege liberos se venisse,Curt. 6, 5, 30 Vogel ad loc.
* Absol.: primo labores et discrimina, mox et gloriam communicabat,Tac. Agr. 8.
* Alicui (late Lat.): altari Christi,to receive the sacrament,Aug. Ep. 162; id. contra Cresc. 3, 36.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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