Logeion | comminus

comminus : (adv.), hand to hand, 7.553, 733; immediately; near at hand. (com- and manus)

com-mĭnus (less correctly cōmĭ-nus), adv. [manus; cf. Beda, Orth. p. 2331 P.; Fronto, Diff. p. 2193 ib.]; orig. belonging to milit. lang., of conflict,

in close contest, hand to hand (with the sword, etc.), Gr. συσταδόν; opp. eminus, also to missilia, sagittae, etc. (class.; most freq. in the histt.): quae mea comminus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 270, 29 Müll.: nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur, Cic. Sen. 6, 19; Ov. M. 3, 119: undique ex insidiis barbari a fronte ab tergo coörti comminus eminus petunt, Liv. 21, 34, 6; 31, 24, 15; Tac. A. 6, 35; 15, 4; Ap. Met. 5, 11, 13; neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum (pulsi), Cic. Caecin. 15, 43: jacula inutilia esse ... gladio comminus geri rem, Liv. 44, 35, 12: dum locus comminus pugnandi daretur, Caes. B. C. 1, 58: veterani... comminus acriter instare, Sall. C. 60, 3; Liv. 27, 18, 14: conferre signa, id. 1, 33, 4: conferre vires, id. 42, 47, 8: adversus resistentes niti, Tac. A. 4, 51: trucidato hostium duce, Suet. Tib. 3.—
- - 2 Poet., of copulation, Lucr. 4, 1051; of fighting, Stat. Th. 10, 213; Ap. Met. 2, 17, 8.—
- B Trop.: sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio: nunc comminus agamus, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26: qui me epistulā petivit, ad te, ut video, comminus accessit, has approached you in person, id. Att. 2, 2, 2: in apros ire, Ov. F. 5, 176; cf.: agrestes comminus ire sues (for in sues), Prop. 2 (3), 19, 22; and so also of game: cervos obtruncant ferro, Verg. G. 3, 374; and of the preparation of the soil (considered as a contest with the same): jacto qui semine comminus arva Insequitur, i. e. manu sive rastro urget, exercet, id. ib. 1, 104; cf. Ap. Met. 2, 6, 12; Hand, Turs. II. p. 96.—
II In gen., without the access. idea of contest, nigh at hand, near to, near, = prope, in or ex propinquo (not freq. before the Aug. per.): prius Eminus ardescunt quam comminus imbuat ignis, Lucr. 6, 904: aspicit hirsutos comminus ursa Getas, Ov. P. 1, 5, 74; Tac. A. 12, 12: viso comminus armatorum agmine, id. H. 1, 41; id. G. 8: sole per eos dies comminus facto, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: aliquid comminus judicantur, near at hand, i.e. by the eyesight, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240; 35, 3, 6, § 17: recipere a debitore suo pecuniam, Dig. 13, 7, 3.—
- B Transf., of time, immediately, = statim, sine intermissione; a very common provincialism in Cisalpine Gaul, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 104.—
III In post-Aug. poetry sometimes = ad manus, at hand: comminus arma habere, Val. Fl. 5, 583.

comminus, Adv. (aus com u. manus), handgemein, Mann gegen Mann (mit Verben der Ruhe u. der Bewegung, s. Duker Flor. 2, 6, 29), I) eig., im Kampfe: a) als milit. t. t. = handgemein, im od. zum Handgemenge, in der Nähe, mit dem Schwerte in der Faust (Ggstz. eminus [w. vgl.], missilibus, sagittis u. dgl.), miles urgere eminus comminus, gladiis hastis, punctim caesim ferire, Pacat. pan. 36, 1: u. so c. ense ferire, Ov.: c. acriter instare, Sall.: gladio c. rem gerere, Liv.: c. gladiis uti, Cic.: manum (manus) c. conserere, Liv. u. Fronto: c. pugnare, Caes.: c. experiri, Flor.: c. venire, Flor.: poet., flumina Aemonio c. isse viro, Prop.: u. arma c. habere, kampfbereit, Val. Flacc.: falcati c. enses, für den Kampf in der Nähe, Verg. – b) auf der Jagd: c. ire in apros, Ov.: c. ire (in) sues, Prop.: c. cervos obtruncare ferro, Verg. – c) übh., c. agere, Cic.: c. ad alqm accedere, ihm auf den Leib rücken, Cic.: c. arva insequi, mit dem Karst in der Hand bearbeiten, Verg.: c. instare (bedrängen), v. Unglück, Lucan. – II) übtr., in friedl. Absicht: a) Mann gegen Mann = von Angesicht zu Angesicht, in der Nähe, persönlich, unmittelbar, c. aspicere alqm, Ov.: imbecilli oculi ad sustinendum comminus solem, Sen.: c. attrectare alqd, Apul.: c. alqd iudicare, in der Nähe, durch den Augenschein, Plin.: res c. noscere, Gell.: c. accipere pecuniam, persönlich, ICt.: c. tendens, ganz nahe (zu ihm) hinrudernd, Suet. – b) v. der Zeit = sogleich, unverzüglich, cuncta haec mihi c. dicito, Iul. Val. 3, 31 (19): vade ad eum sed c., Serv. Verg. georg. 1, 104. – ➳ Kompar. comminius, Tert. de carn. Chr. 21.

comminus (cominus) [CL] , (of fighting) hand to hand, at close quarters. b close at hand, near; c (w. a or in). ut ~us convenerunt hinc et illinc ‥, acerrimam pugnam commiserunt G. Mon. VI 10; cum eos ~us optinere nequirent, impetu sagittarum ‥ eos eminus affligebant Osb. Bawdsey clxx; ~us lancee lanceis, securibus enses confligentes Gir. EH II 17 p. 340; eminus hos terret, cominus ense domat Garl. Tri. Eccl. 13. b ~us, juxta, ‥ prope GlC C 663, 864; Æthelwulf Abb. 761 (v. capitellum 1b); stella splendidissima super illud ‥ corpus ~us rutilabat Lib. Eli. II 53; ad fenestram parietis ~us accessit ‥ eminusque prospiciens ‥ decubuit R. Cold. Cuthb. 17. c a ~us contuentis oculo ‥ intestina ‥ discerni prevaluerant R. Cold. Godr. 497; in specie columbe S. Thomam circa se volantem in ~us vidit Ib. 374.

commĭnus, (10) adv. (cum, manus), sous la main ¶ 1 de près : pugnare Cæs. C. 1, 58, 4, combattre de près ; comminus, eminus petere Liv. 21, 34, 6, assaillir de près, de loin ; comminus conserere manus Liv. 28, 18, 14, combattre corps à corps ; nunc comminus agamus Cic. Div. 2, 26, maintenant venons-en aux mains sérieusement ; ad te comminus accessit Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2, toi, il tʼa serré de près ; comminus arva insequi Virg. G. 1, 104, reprendre de près son champ [à la main, avec le hoyau] ¶ 2 = prope : viso comminus armatorum agmine Tac. H. 1, 41, ayant vu une bande armée toute proche ; comminus judicare aliquid Plin. 11, 240, juger qqch. de près (sur place) || tout droit, tout de suite : non comminus Mesopotamiam petunt Tac. Ann. 12, 12, ils ne vont pas tout droit en Mésopotamie.

com-minus adv. (manus)

1. (milit.) in een handgemeen, man tegen man [pugnare]; ➤ nec eminus hastis aut ~ gladiis uteretur;
2. (poët.; postklass.) in de buurt, uit de omgeving [ire dichterbij komen].

comminus (not cōminus), adv.

com- + manus, in close contest, hand to hand, at close quarters: acriter instare, S.: eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uti: unum ense ferit, O.: comminus eminus petunt, L.: locus pugnandi, Cs.: conferre signa, L.: falcati enses, for hand-to-hand fighting, V.: in apros ire, O.: cervos obtruncant ferro, V.: arva Insequitur, V.—Fig., at close quarters, hand to hand: agamus. — Nigh at hand, near to, near: aspicit Getas, O.: monstratā captivitate, Ta.

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