communitio
Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
commūnītĭo: ōnis, f. 1. communio.
I Abstr., the making or preparing of a way; trop. = Gr. ὁδοποίησις: anne autem principium aut rei totius, quae agetur, significationem habere debebit, aut aditum ad causam et communitionem, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—
II Concr., a fortification, Vitr. 10, 13, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
commūnītĭō, ōnis, f. (communio 1),
1 action de construire un chemin : [fig.] aditus ad causam et communitio Cic. de Or. 2, 320, entrée en matière et préparation du terrain
2 ouvrage de fortification : Vitr. Arch. 10, 13, 1.
