Commodus

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Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead

Sophocles, Antigone, 559-60

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Commŏdus: i, m.,
I a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,
   1    Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8: thermae, Spart. Nigid. 6 al.—
   2    Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same: Nonae, Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—
   3    Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.