comissor
τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cōmissor: (on account of erroneous deriv. from comis, comedo, commensa, etc., often written cōmisor, commisor, commissor, cōmesor, cōmes-sor, commessor, commensor, etc.; v. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Liv. 40, 7, 5 Drak.; Quint. 11, 3, 57; Spald. and Zumpt), ātus, 1, v. dep., = κωμάζω (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v.),
I to hold a festive procession, to revel, make merry; of young people, who went about with music and dancing, to celebrate a festival, and finally returned to one of their companions, in order to carouse anew (class.; not in Cic.; cf., however, comissatio and comissator): nunc comissatum ibo ad Philolachetem, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 5: ad fratrem, Liv. 40, 7, 5; 40, 13, 3: domum, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 22: qui praetereat comissatum volo vocari, id. Stich. 5, 4, 4: in domum alicujus, * Hor. C. 4, 1, 11: intromittere aliquam comissatum, * Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 52.—Absol.: comissantium modo currum secuti sunt, Liv. 3, 29, 5; * Quint. 11, 3, 57; Suet. Calig. 32; id. Dom. 21; Petr. 25, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōmissor,¹³ ātus sum, ārī (κωμάζω), intr., faire la fête : Pl. Most. 989 ; St. 686 ; Ter. Eun. 442 ; Suet. Dom. 21.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōmissor, ātus sum, ārī (κωμάζω; vgl. Passow u. d. W.), einen fröhlichen Umzug halten, meist von jungen Leuten, die zur Nachfeier eines Gastmahls mit Musik u. Tanz lustig umherzogen u. endlich bei einem ihrer Genossen einkehrten, um von neuem zu zechen, umherschwelgen, alqm comissatum vocare, Plaut.: comissatum ire ad alqm, Plaut. u. Liv.: c. in domum Pauli, Hor.: comissatum venire ad alqm, Plaut.: alqm comissatum intromittere, Ter.: recipere intra ianuam alqm comissatum, Liv.: alqm comissatum sequi, Liv.: absol., comissantium modo currum sequi, Liv.: eadem felicitas ab Oceano revertentes temulentos comissantesque inter ora hostium texit, Curt. – / Die Schreibung comissor u. comisor in gleich guten Hdschrn.; die Schreibung comessor u. comesor wohl aus falscher Etymologie (von comedo) entstanden, doch öfter bei Spät. (zB. in der Vulg. u. [comesationes] Gloss. Vgl. Brambach Lat. Orthogr. S. 275 u. Hilfsb. S. 31.
