comis

Latin > English

comis come, comior -or -us, comissimus -a -um ADJ :: courteous/kind/obliging/affable/gracious; elegant, cultured, having good taste

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cōmis: e, adj. etym. dub.; cf. concinnus,
I courteous, affable, kind, obliging, friendly, loving (class. in prose and poetry; on account of similarity of meaning, in MSS. very freq. interchanged with communis; hence the readings vary in the best edd.; cf. Liv. 25, 12, 9 Drak.; Suet. 2, p. 241 Wolf; Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 80 Madv.).
   A Of persons: comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur qui erranti comiter monstrant viam (Enn.; cf. under adv.), Cic. Balb. 16, 36: illum negat et bonum virum et comem et humanum fuisse, etc., id. Fin. 2, 25, 80: ego illo usa sum benigno et lepido et comi, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 39 (cf. id. Heaut. 5, 1, 39 Bentl. N. cr.): comis et humanus, Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 80; cf. Quint. 6, 2, 18; Hor. S. 2, 8, 76: quis Laelio comior? quis jucundior? Cic. Mur. 31, 66: dum illis comis est, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 23; so, bonis (opp. adversus malos injucundus), Tac. Agr. 22 fin.: comis erga aliquem, Cic. Sen. 17, 59 (al. communis, but comp. id. Fin. l. l. Madv.): comis in amicitiis tuendis, id. Fin. 2, 25, 80 fin.: in uxorem, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 133: senex comissimus, App. M. 11, p. 268.—
   B Of subjects not personal: comi animo, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 39: ingenium, Tac. A. 6, 41 fin.: hospitio, Liv. 9, 36, 8, cf.: vinclum inter hospites comitas, Tac. G. 21 fin. Halm: sermone et congressu, id. A. 15, 48: viā (i. e. more), id. ib. 4, 7: oculis alliciendus amor, Ov. A. A. 3, 510.—Adv.: cōmĭter, courteously, affably, etc. (very freq.): homo, qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51; id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll.: facere aliquid, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 10; id. Rud. 1, 5, 28: appellare unumquemque, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4: munera missa legatis, Liv. 9, 43, 26; cf. id. 42, 24, 10; 45, 20, 8: accipere, id. 23, 33, 7; Ov. F. 2, 788; Tac. A. 12, 51: invitare regios juvenes, Liv. 1, 57, 10: celebrare regis convivium, id. 1, 22, 5 (al. leg. comi fronte): administrare provinciam, Tac. H. 1, 13 et saep.; majestatem populi Romani comiter conservato, i. e. willingly, in an obliging, kind manner, a (mildly expressed) formula in treaties of peace, Cic. Balb. 16, 36, cf. Dig. 49, 15, 7; for which, in Liv. 38, 11, 2. imperium majestatemque populi Romani gens Aetolorum conservato sine dolo malo.—Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66 dub. (Ritschl, comptissume).—Comp. apparently not in use.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cōmis,¹¹ e, doux, gentil, affable, bienveillant, obligeant : comis atque humanus Cic. Fin. 2, 80, doux et affable ; comis atque humanus erga aliquem Cic. CM 59, affable et courtois envers qqn ; comis in uxorem Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 133, aimable avec sa femme ; ingenium come Nep. Dion 1, 2, caractère agréable ; comes oculi Ov. Ars 3, 510, yeux doux || obligeant, généreux : Pl. Trin. 254 || comior Cic. Mur. 66 ; comissimus Suet. Vesp. 22. cosmis Inscr.

Latin > German (Georges)

cōmis (altl. cosmis), e, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (viell. zu Wz., lächeln, in altind. smáyatē ›lächelt‹), aufgeräumt, launig, munter, frohsinnig, u. gegen andere = freundlich, gütig, gutmütig, zuvorkommend, nett, höflich, u. in diesem Sinne = menschenfreundlich, human (Ggstz. severus, asper), a) v. Pers.u. deren Gesinnung usw., dominus, Cic.: animus, Ter.: ingenium, Nep. – Pylius orator eloquio comis, Apul. de deo Socr. 17 extr. – c. in uxorem, Hor.: in amicis tuendis, Cic. – c. erga alqm in ceteris rebus, Cic. – c. alci, Tac. – quis C. Laelio (als L.) comior? Cic.: et super cenam et alias comissimus, Suet.: senex comissimus, Apul. – b) übtr., v. Lebl.: libelli, nette Komödienbücher, Hor.: sermo, Tac.: comi hospitio accipi, Liv.: c. victus inter hospites, Tac.: voluptates comiores, Auct. itin. Alex.: sermo comissimus, Apul.

Latin > Chinese

comis, e. adj. c. s. :: 温和。知禮。大方