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ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν → and you have kept here something belonging to the gods below, a corpse deprived, unburied, unholy | but keepest in this world one who belongs to the gods infernal, a corpse unburied, unhonoured, all unhallowed

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Latin > English

commendo commendare, commendavi, commendatus V TRANS :: entrust, give in trust; commit; recommend, commend to; point out, designate

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

com-mendo: (conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. mando,
I to commit to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one's charge, commit to one's care, commend to.
I Prop.
   A Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.: commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere, Dig. 50, 16, 186: Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1: sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto, id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40: nummos alicui, Dig. 16, 3, 24: corpus alicui loco, Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4: CORPORA SARCOPHAGO, Inscr. Orell. 4370.—Poet.: semina sulcis, Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, Just. 35, 2, 1: cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus, Hyg. Fab. 3.—
   B Trop.: ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf.: bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fide, id. And. 1, 5, 61); so, commendare se patri in clientelam et fidem, id. Eun. 5, 8, 9; 3, 5, 29: tibi ejus omnia negotia, libertos, procuratores, familiam, Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 2: vos sum testatus, vobis me ac meos commendavi, id. Dom. 57, 145: totum me tuo amori fideique, id. Att. 3, 20, 2: tibi suos testamento liberos, id. Fin. 3, 2, 9: simul atque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum, id. ib. 3, 5, 16; * Cat. 15, 1; Ov. M. 6, 495: aliquem diis, Tac. A. 4, 17; cf. id. ib. 15, 23: rempublicam patribus, id. H. 1, 90; Suet. Aug. 56.—Trop.: aliquid litteris, to commit to writing, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2: historiam immortalitati, Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36: nomen tuum immortalitati, id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; cf.: nomen suum posteritati, Curt. 9, 3, 5: eum sempiternae gloriae, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6: se fugae, Auct. B. Afr. 34.—
   2    Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others: is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46: hi de suā salute desperantes ... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset, Caes. B. C. 2, 41: ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73: tibi suos testamento liberos, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.—
II In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.): principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.; Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47: (vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet, id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.: nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā, id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21: adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis, id. 10, 1, 101: quod me Lucanae commendet amicae, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21: marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus, Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49: compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant, Caes. B. C. 1, 74: hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares, Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3: se civibus impiis, id. ib. 5, 1, 3: cum se numeris commendat et arte, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261: se tonsā cute, id. ib. 1, 18, 7: his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset, Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.
   A Commended, recommended to: quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae? Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43: ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos, id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.—
   B Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued: vultus commendatior, Petr. 110, 5: calami, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161: fama commendatior, id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

commendō,⁸ āvī, ātum, āre (cum, mando), tr.,
1 confier, alicui rem, qqch. à qqn : Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1 || [fig.] nomen suum immortalitati Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5, confier son nom à l’immortalité, s’immortaliser
2 recommander : vobis me ac meos commendavi Cic. Domo 145, je me suis recommandé à vous, moi et les miens ; virtute populo Romano commendari Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 180, être recommandé au peuple romain par ses talents
3 faire valoir : vox una maxime eloquentiam commendat Cic. de Or. 1, 252, la voix plus que tout le reste fait valoir l’éloquence ; nulla re una magis orator commendatur quam verborum splendore et copia Cic. Br. 216, pas une qualité, à elle seule, ne fait plus valoir l’orateur que l’éclat et la richesse du style ; marmora commendantur coloribus Plin. 36, 49, ce qui donne du prix au marbre, ce sont les veines nuancées.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) com-mendo1, āvī, ātum, āre (com u. mando), anvertrauen, aufzuheben geben, übergeben, I) eig.: alci rem, Cic.: filios apud hospites, Iustin.: alqm ad Lycomedem regem, Hyg.; vgl. Muncker Hyg. fab. 3. Benecke Iustin. 35, 2, 1. Gronov. Observ. 3, 23. p. 318 F. – II) übtr.: A) im allg.: nomen suum immortalitati, Cic.: nomen suum alqā re perpetuae memoriae, Vell.: alqm monumentis (i.e. scriptis) suis, Cic.: se alci in clientelam et fidem, Ter.: alqd litteris, d.i. schreiben, Brut. in Cic. ep.: se fugae, Auct. b. Afr. – B) insbes.: a) empfehlen, alqm od. rem domumque alcis alci maiorem in modum, Cic.: alqm alci magno opere, Cic.: alqm alci diligenter, diligentissime, studiose, studiosius, Cic.: alqm alci de meliore nota, Cur. in Cic. ep.: alqm alci intime, Cic.: se Caesari, Caes.: se infimo ordini, Cic.: alci omnem rem et causam seque totum, Cic.: absol., commendandi mos, Fronto ad amic. 1, 1 (3) in.: istae commendantium litterae, Empfehlungsbriefe, Fronto ibid. Vgl. commendatus no. I. – b) empfehlen = beliebt-, angenehm machen, auszeichnen, preisen, iustitiam humanitate, Plin. ep.: nullā re magis commendatur orator, Cic.: marmora commendantur coloribus, Plin. ep.: se numeris et arte, Hor.: se cultu atque ornatu, Quint.: his factis abunde se posteritati, Val. Max.: im Passiv mit Nom. u. Infin., Tobias sepeliendo mortuos deum promeruisse commendatur (wird gepriesen), Augustin. de civ. dei 1, 13. p. 21, 13 D. Vgl. commendatus no. II.
(2) com-mendo2, āre (com u. mendum), besudeln, Sil. 5, 278.

Latin > Chinese

commendo, as, are. :: 托物。託事。讚。鹰。 — litteris (dat.) vel — memoriae 記上。— litterarum monumentis 記載。刻碑。— halitum aliqua re 用藥圖口氣香。