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|lshtext=<b>com-mŏdus</b>: a, um, adj.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] has a [[due]] or [[proper]] [[measure]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> Object., [[complete]], [[perfect]], of [[full]] [[weight]] or [[measure]], [[fit]], [[suitable]], [[due]], [[proper]], etc. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. or in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; [[most]] freq. in Plaut.): [[statura]], a [[tall]] [[stature]], Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21: [[capillus]], id. Most. 1, 3, 98: [[viginti]] argenti [[minae]], [[full]] [[twenty]], id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: [[minae]] bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101: [[talentum]] argenti, id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27: [[novem]] cyathis commodis miscentur pocula, Hor. C. 3, 19, 12: alimenta, Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1: capitis [[valetudo]] commodior, [[more]] [[firm]], Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77; and transf. to the [[person]]: vivere filium [[atque]] [[etiam]] commodiorem esse, to be [[better]], Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Subject., [[suitable]], [[fit]], [[convenient]], [[opportune]], [[commodious]], [[easy]], [[appropriate]] for [[some]] one or [[something]], favorable, [[friendly]] to (in [[every]] [[period]] and [[species]] of [[composition]]); constr. [[with]] dat. or absol., [[rarely]] [[with]] ad (v. the foll.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of things.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of the [[purpose]] or [[use]]: curationi omnia commodiora, Liv. 30, 19, 5: nec pecori opportuna [[seges]] nec commoda Baccho, Verg. G. 4, 129.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of the [[person]]: hoc et [[vobis]] et meae [[commodum]] famae [[arbitror]], Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9: [[quod]] erit mihi [[bonum]] et [[commodum]], id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81: nulla lex [[satis]] commoda omnibus est (corresp. [[with]] [[prodesse]]), Liv. 34, 3, 5: [[primordia]] eloquentiae mortalibus, Tac. Or. 12: hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit, Caes. B. C. 3, 85: quae [[sit]] [[stella]] homini commoda, quaeque [[mala]], Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[hiberna]], Liv. 42, 67, 8: longius [[ceterum]] commodius [[iter]], id. 22, 2, 2; cf.: commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus, Caes. B. G. 5, 2: commodius anni [[tempus]], Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3: faciliore ac commodiore judicio, Cic. Caecin. 3, 8: litterae [[satis]] commodae de Britannicis rebus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25: [[mores]], id. Lael. 15, 54: commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc., Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With or [[without]] dat. pers. in the [[phrase]] [[commodum]] est, it pleases, is [[agreeable]], = [[libet]]: [[proinde]] ut [[commodum]] est, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit [[commodum]], Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38: si id non [[commodum]] est, id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. [[Pan]]. 48, 1: id si [[tibi]] erit [[commodum]], cures velim, Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad and acc. of [[purpose]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): nec [[satis]] ad [[cursus]] commoda [[vestis]] Erat, Ov. F. 2, 288.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[sup]]. in u ([[rare]]): hoc exornationis [[genus]] ... [[commodum]] est auditu, Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of persons, serving a neighbor or ([[more]] freq.) [[accommodating]] one's [[self]] to his wishes, [[useful]], [[serviceable]], [[pleasant]], [[agreeable]], [[obliging]], neighborly, [[friendly]], [[polite]], [[affable]], [[gentle]], etc.: mihi [[commodus]] uni, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227: quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis? Cic. Mur. 31, 66: commodior mitiorque, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39: [[Apronius]], qui aliis [[inhumanus]] ac [[barbarus]], [[isti]] uni [[commodus]] ac [[disertus]], id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23: convivae, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.: [[commodus]] [[comissator]], Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and: [[commodus]] meis sodalibus, Hor. C. 4, 8, 1: homines, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28: [[mulier]] commoda, Faceta, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a [[double]] [[sense]] [[with]] I. [[supra]]: ubi tu commoda's, capillum [[commodum]] esse [[credito]], Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.—Poet., of the [[measure]] of iambic [[verse]]: spondeos in jura paterna recepit [[Commodus]] et [[patiens]], [[sharing]] the [[paternal]] rights [[with]] [[them]], in a [[fraternal]] [[manner]], Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,<br /><b>III</b> Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[convenient]] [[opportunity]], favorable [[condition]], [[convenience]] ([[rare]], [[but]] in [[good]] [[prose]]): [[nostrum]] exspectare, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1: cum [[tamdiu]] sedens [[meum]] [[commodum]] exspectet, id. ib. 14, 2, 3; 12, 38, 1: velim [[aliquando]], cum erit tuum [[commodum]], Lentulum puerum visas, [[when]] it shall be [[convenient]] for [[you]], id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In the [[connection]] [[commodo]] meo, tuo, etc., per [[commodum]], ex [[commodo]], at, or according to my, [[thy]], etc., [[convenience]], [[conveniently]], at one's [[leisure]]: [[etiamsi]] [[spatium]] ad dicendum nostro [[commodo]] vacuosque [[dies]] habuissemus, according to [[our]] [[convenience]], Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: [[quod]] [[commodo]] tuo fiat, id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo [[commodo]] me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2: ubi [[consul]] copias per [[commodum]] exponere posset, Liv. 42, 18, 3: [[tamquam]] lecturus ex [[commodo]], Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3; so opp. [[festinanter]], id. 6, 2, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Advantage, [[profit]] ([[very]] freq. in all periods and [[species]] of [[composition]]): [[commodum]] est, [[quod]] [[plus]] [[usus]] habet [[quam]] molestiae: [[bonum]] sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium, Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.: ut malis gaudeant [[atque]] ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda, Ter. And. 4, 1, 4: ut ex illius [[commodo]] [[meum]] compararem [[commodum]], id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23: cui tam [[subito]] tot congruerint commoda, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3: (honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo [[prorsus]] [[commodo]] [[extrinsecus]] posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris [[commodum]], Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31: pacis, Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335: [[contra]] valetudinis [[commodum]] laborare, to the [[injury]] of [[health]], id. Mur. 23, 47: mea, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37: in publica peccem, id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.: populi commoda, Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Specif., a [[reward]], [[pay]], [[stipend]], [[salary]], wages for [[public]] [[service]]: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3: omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis, emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.: emeritae militiae, id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12: militibus commoda [[dare]], Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.: [[tribunatus]], Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1: missionum, Suet. Aug. 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> A [[favor]], [[privilege]], [[immunity]], Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> A [[useful]] [[thing]], a [[good]]: commoda vitae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.: [[cetera]] opinione bona sunt... [[proprietas]] in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur, Sen. Ep. 74, 17: [[inter]] commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: [[atqui]] eādem ratione ne [[commodum]] [[quidem]] erunt, id. ib. 87, 29. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> Sometimes [[commodo]] or per [[commodum]], adverb. antith. to [[that]] [[which]] is [[injurious]], [[without]] [[injury]] or [[detriment]]: ut regem reducas, [[quod]] [[commodo]] rei publicae facere possis, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3: si per [[commodum]] reipublicae posset, Romam venisset, Liv. 10, 25, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Concr., = [[commodatum]], [[that]] [[which]] is lent, a [[loan]]: qui [[forum]] et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Advv.:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; commŏdum, adv. temp. ([[only]] in [[colloquial]] lang. and [[post]]-[[class]]. [[prose]] writers).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> At a [[fit]] [[time]], [[just]] in [[time]], at the [[very]] [[nick]], at the [[very]] [[moment]], [[opportunely]], [[seasonably]] ( = [[opportune]], εὐκαίρως): [[ecce]] [[autem]] [[commodum]] aperitur [[foris]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61: [[commodum]] adveni domum, id. Am. 2, 2, 37: orditur loqui, id. Trin. 5, 2, 12: [[ipse]] [[exit]] Lesbonicus, id. ib. 2, 3, 9: εὐκαίρως ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, [[Torquatus]]... [[commodum]] egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[designate]] a [[point]] of [[time]] [[that]] corresponds [[with]] [[another]], or [[that]] [[just]] precedes it, [[just]], [[just]] [[then]], [[just]] [[now]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: ad te [[hercle]] ibam [[commodum]], Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9: [[Taurus]], sectatoribus [[commodum]] dimissis, sedebat, etc., Gell. 2, 2, 2: si [[istac]] [[ibis]], [[commodum]] [[obviam]] venies patri, [[just]] [[meet]], Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[postquam]] or ([[more]] freq.) [[with]] cum in a [[parallel]] [[clause]]: [[postquam]] me misisti ad portum cum [[luci]] [[simul]], Commodum [[radiosus]] [[ecce]] sol superabat ex mari, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41: [[quom]] huc [[respicio]] ad virginem, Illa [[sese]] [[interea]] [[commodum]] huc advorterat, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52: [[commodum]] discesseras [[heri]], cum [[Trebatius]] venit, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1: emerseram [[commodum]] ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit [[Curio]], id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. [[commode]]); so [[with]] the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15: adducitur a Veneriis [[Lollius]] [[commodum]] cum [[Apronius]] e palaestrā redisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, [[commode]]): cum jam filiae nostrae [[dies]] [[natalis]] appeteret, [[commodum]] aderant, quae muneri miseratis, Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = [[commodum]], a., [[just]] in [[time]], [[seasonably]], [[just]] at this [[time]] ([[ante]]-[[class]]. and [[very]] [[rare]]): [[commodo]] [[eccum]] [[exit]], Titin. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, [[Charis]].): [[commodo]] de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: [[commodo]] dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; commŏdē, adv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> (Acc. to [[commodus]], I.) Duly, [[properly]], [[completely]], [[rightly]], [[well]], [[skilfully]], [[neatly]], etc. ([[class]].): suo quique [[loco]] viden' [[capillus]] [[satis]] compositu'st [[commode]]? Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: [[commode]] [[amictus]] non [[sum]], id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3: saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1: [[multa]] [[breviter]] et [[commode]] dicta, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.: cogitare, id. Heaut. prol. 14: audire, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: valere, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: feceris [[commode]] mihique gratum, si, etc., Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.: [[commode]] facere, [[quod]], etc., id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.: commodius fecissent tribuni [[plebis]], si, etc., id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.: [[commode]] facere, to do [[well]], be [[beneficial]], Cels. 4, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> (Acc. to [[commodus]], II.)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Conveniently, [[suitably]], [[opportunely]], [[fitly]], [[aptly]], [[appropriately]]: [[magis]] [[commode]] [[quam]] [[strenue]] navigavi, Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1: [[ille]] [[satis]] [[scite]] et [[commode]] [[tempus]] ad te cepit adeundi, id. Fam. 11, 16, 1: vos [[istic]] commodissime sperem esse, id. ib. 14, 7, 2: explorat, quo commodissime itinere [[valles]] transiri possit, Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.: hoc ego commodius [[quam]] tu [[vivo]], Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.: consumere vitiatum commodius [[quam]] integrum, id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54: cui commodissime subjungitur, id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[friendly]] [[manner]], pleasantly, [[gently]], [[kindly]]: acceptae [[bene]] et [[commode]] eximus, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> (Equiv. to [[commodum]], adv. b.) Just, [[just]] at the [[moment]] [[when]], etc.; [[only]] v.l. in the [[doubtful]] passages cited [[supra]], [[commodum]], b. fin.