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|lshtext=<b>commŏdŏ</b>: adv., v. [[commodus]], adv. B. 2.<br /><b>commŏdo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. [[commodus]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[adjust]] according to a [[measure]], to [[make]] [[fit]], [[suitable]], or [[right]], to [[adapt]], [[accommodate]], [[put]] in [[order]] ([[ante]]-[[class]]. and [[post]]-Aug.): trapetum, [[Cato]], R. R. 135 fin.; Col. 4, 22, 5; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: commoda loquelam tuam, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 75: ita praeceptorem eloquentiae ... se commodaturum singulis, Quint. 2, 8, 4: si te commodaveris mihi, Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2: ([[arithmetica]]) avaritiae commodat digitos, fits, adapts, id. Ep. 88, 10: (servi) nulli sceleri [[manus]] commodabunt, id. Ben. 3, 20, 2: operam suam Prisco ad turpissimum [[ministerium]] commodasse, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23: orationi oculos, vocem, manum, id. [[Pan]]. 71, 6.—Absol.: [[caecus]] [[claudo]] pede commodat, Aus. Epigr. 133.—<br /><b>II</b> Commodare aliquid (alicui), to [[give]] [[something]] to one for his [[convenience]] or [[use]], to [[give]], [[bestow]], [[lend]] (acc. to [[accurate]] jurid. [[distinction]], of things [[that]] are [[themselves]], in [[natura]], to be returned, [[while]] mutuum [[dare]] is used of things for [[which]] an equivalent is given; cf. Dig. 44, 7, 1; freq. and [[class]].): aquam hosti, operam civi, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 21 sq.; cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23: nam [[meritus]] de me est, [[quod]] queam [[illi]] ut commodem, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 34: quibus tu quaecumque commodaris, erunt mihi gratissima, Cic. Fam. 13, 48 init.: [[quicquid]] [[sine]] detrimento possit commodari, id tribuatur vel ignoto, id. Off. 1, 16, 51: ut dando et accipiendo mutuandisque facultatibus et commodandis nullā re egeremus, id. ib. 2, 4, 15 B. and K.; cf. Non. p. 275, 15: paenulam, Quint. 6, 3, 64: testes falsos, to [[furnish]], [[supply]], Sall. C. 16, 2: manum morituro, Vell. 2, 70 fin.: [[aurum]] Caelio, Cic. Cael. 13, 32; cf. Quint. 5, 13,30: [[aedes]] ad nuptias, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64: [[nomen]] suum alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91; cf. Tac. A. 15, 53: [[vires]] suas aliis eas commodando, minuere, Liv. 34, 12, 5: sanguinem alienae dominationi, Tac. Agr. 32 Orell. N. cr.: parvis peccatis veniam, magnis severitatem, id. ib. 19: aurem patientem culturae, as in Engl., to [[lend]] an [[ear]] to, * Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 40; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 86; Stat. Th. 4, 75 (opp. donare): ut haec a virtute donata, [[cetera]] a fortunā commodata esse videantur, Cic. Marcell. 6, 19 al.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[time]] for a [[payment]], to [[grant]], [[allow]]: ut rei publicae, ex quā crevissent, [[tempus]] commodarent, Liv. 23, 48, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Commodare alicui, aliquā re, in aliquā re, or absol., to [[please]] one, be [[kind]] or [[obliging]] to, to [[serve]], [[favor]] ([[class]].): ut omnibus rebus, [[quod]] [[sine]] molestiā tuā facere possis, ei commodes, Cic. Fam. 13, 35, 2; 13, 53, 1; cf.: alicui omnibus in rebus, id. ib. 13, 32, 2; and: commodare [[tantum]] ei in hac re, id. ib. 13, 37 fin.: si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes, id. Fin. 2, 35, 117: ut eo libentius iis commodes, id. Fam. 13, 54: credetur; commodabo, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 19: [[publice]] commodasti, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20: illis benignis [[usus]] est ad commodandum, id. ib, 2, 4, 3, § 6: studiis commodandi favetur, id. de Or. 2, 51, 207: cui ego quibus [[cumque]] rebus potero lubentissime commodabo, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 275, 17.—Hence, commŏdā-tum, i, n.; in the jurists,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[thing]] lent, a [[loan]]: [[commodatum]] accipere, Dig. 13, 6, 3, § 3; cf. the [[whole]] [[title]] 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[contract]] for a [[loan]], Dig. 13, 6, 1, § 1; 13, 6, 17, § 3; Gai Inst. 4, 33.