cominus:
Adverb · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
hand to hand (fight), in close combat/quarters; close at hand; in presence of;
Inflections
positive
cominus
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostium custodias erat. Ad eam rem Pontius Cominus impiger iuvenis operam pollicitus, incubans cortici secundo Tiberi ad urbem..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanae legiones ab L. Aemilio consule adductae cominus cum Etruscis dimicant acie; quamquam vix dirigendi aciem spatium Veientibus..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...robore ac praestantia differens; quum libero Marte nunc cominus tela vibrares, nunc vibrata susciperes, alacer virtute militum..."