comminus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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,
I 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; App. M. 5, p. 164, 1: 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; App. M. 2, p. 122, 14.—
   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. App. M. 2, p. 117, 16; 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 postAug. poetry sometimes = ad manus, at hand: comminus arma habere, Val. Fl. 5, 583.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

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 t’a 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.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.

Latin > English

comminus ADV :: hand to hand (fight), in close combat/quarters; close at hand; in presence of