commiserite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commisereor, commisereri, commiseritus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pity; excite compassion; show pity at;
voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...aliquando casurus": in definitis "an parricidium commiserit Roscius", "an regnum adfectet Manlius", "an recte Verrem sit accusaturus..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...actum, id est praxin quod eo referunt, sciens commiserit an insciens, necessitate an casu, et talia: numerum..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...alternosque apices abrupta luce coruscant. pallidus Eumenidum ueluti commiserit ignes Orcus, uterque minax globus et conatur uterque longius..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...tribus Anticyris caput insanabile nunquam tonsori Licino commiserit. O ego laeuus qui purgor bilem sub uerni temporis horam..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fusum fugatum; dictatorem, quia se in aciem nunquam commiserit, unicum haberi imperatorem. Bruttios Apulosque, partim Samnitium ac Lucanorum..."