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commorior

com-mŏrĭor (conm-), mortuus, 3,
  • v. dep. n., to die with or at the same time with one (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.); constr. with cum, with the dat. or absol.
          • α With cum: in acie cum Arunte commortuus est (Brutus), Liv. Epit. 2; Val. Max. 6, 8, 2.—
          • β With dat.: obviam ire et commori hostibus, Sall. H. 1, 89 Dietsch: hostibus suis morte suā, Flor. 1, 18, 17; so, tibi, Sen. Ep. 77, 13: simul tibi, Vulg. Marc. 14, 31.—
          • γ Absol., Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32; 10, 21, 24, § 47; Vulg. Ecclus. 19, 10.
  • —Hence, Commŏrĭentes, the title of a comedy of Piautus, now lost, composed in imitation of the Συναποθνήσκοντες of Diphilus, Ter. Ad. 7, and Prisc. p. 725 P. (acc. toAtt. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 9, not genuine).—
  • II Trop.: duo venena commoriuntur, i. e. their effects vanish together, Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 5.

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