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† 1. cŏmē, ēs, f., = κόμη, a plant, also called tragopogon, prob Tragopogon crocifolius, Linn., crocus leaved goat’s- beard, Plin. 27, 13, 117, § 142.

cŏm-ĕs, ĭtis, comm. [con and 1. eo] (lit. one who goes with another), a companion, an associate, comrade, partaker, sharer, partner, etc. (whether male or female; class. and freq.).

  1. I. In gen.
        1. a. Masc.: age, age, argentum numera, ne comites morer, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 25: confugere domum sine comite, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 25: comes meus fuit, et omnium itinerum meorum socius, Cic. Fam. 13, 71: erat comes ejus Rubrius, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64: cui tu me comitem putas esse, id. Att. 8, 7, 1: ibimus, o socii comitesque, Hor. C. 1, 7, 26; Lucr. 3, 1037; 4, 575: Catulli, Cat. 11, 1: Pisonis, id. 28, 1; Nep. Ages. 6, 3: quin et avo comitem sese Mavortius addet Romulus, Verg. A. 6, 778; cf.: comes ire alicui, id. ib. 6, 159: comitem aliquem mittere alicui, id. ib. 2, 86: comes esse alicui, Ov. H. 14, 54 et saep.
          1. (β) With gen. or dat. of thing: cum se victoriae Pompeji comitem esse mallet quam, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 80: comitem illius furoris, Cic. Lael. 11, 37: me tuarum actionum, sententiarum, etc., socium comitemque habebis, id. Fam. 1, 9, 22: mortis et funeris atri, Lucr. 2, 581: tantae virtutis, Liv. 22, 60, 12: exsilii, Mart. 12, 25: fugae, Vell. 2, 53; Liv. 1, 3, 2; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 6: me habuisti comitem consiliis tuis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.
            With in: comes in ulciscendis quibusdam, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 2.
        2. b. Fem., Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 54; Lucr. 5, 741: data sum comes inculpata Minervae, Ov. M. 2, 588; cf. id. H. 3, 10: me tibi venturam comitem, id. ib. 13, 163; Verg. A. 4, 677; 6, 448.
    1. B. Transf. to inanimate objects: malis erat angor Assidue comes, Lucr. 6, 1159: comes formidinis, aura, id. 3, 290: ploratus mortis comites, id. 2, 580: tunc vitae socia virtus, mortis comes gloria fuisset, Cic. Font. 21, 49 (17, 39): multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio, id. Mur. 6, 13: pacis est comes, otiique socia eloquentia, id. Brut. 12, 45; cf. an idea (perh. intentionally) opp. to this, Tac. Or. 40: non ut ullam artem doctrinamve contemneres, sed ut omnis comites ac ministratrices oratoris esse diceres, Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 75: cui ipsi casus eventusque rerum non duces sed comites consiliorum fuerunt, id. Balb. 4, 9: exanimatio. quas comes pavoris, id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: (grammatice) dulcis secretorum comes, Quint. 1, 4, 5: (cura) comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem, Hor. S. 2, 7, 115: culpam poena premit comes, id. C. 4, 5, 24: nec (fides) comitem abnegat, id. ib. 1, 35, 22: comitemque aeris alieni atque litis esse miseriam, Orac. ap. Plin. 7, 32, 32, § 119.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. An overseer, tutor, teacher, etc., of young persons (rare; not ante-Aug.), Verg. A. 2, 86; 5, 546; Suet. Tib. 12; Stat. S. 5, 2, 60.
      Esp. = paedagogus, a slave who accompanied boys as a protector, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Claud. 35.
      Far more freq.,
    2. B. The suite, retinue of friends, relatives, scholars, noble youth, etc., which accompanied magistrates into the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 27 sq; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Ner. 5; id. Gram. 10.
    3. C. The attendants of distinguished private individuals, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 76; 1, 17, 52; id. S. 1, 6, 102; Suet. Caes. 4.
      Trop.: (Cicero) in libris de Republica Platonis se comitem profitetur, Plin. praef. § 22.
    4. D. After the time of the emperors, the imperial train, the courtiers, court, Suet. Aug. 16; 98; id. Tib. 46; id. Calig. 45; id. Vit. 11; id. Vesp. 4; Inscr. Orell. 723; 750 al.
      Hence,
    5. E. In late Lat., a designation for the occupant of any state office, as, comes scholarum, rei militaris, aerarii utriusque, commerciorum (hence, Ital. conte; Fr. comte).

cōmis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. concinnus], courteous, affable, kind, obliging, friendly, loving (class. in prose and poetry; on account of similarity of meaning, in MSS. very freq. interchanged with communis; hence the readings vary in the best edd.; cf. Liv. 25, 12, 9 Drak.; Suet. 2, p. 241 Wolf; Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 80 Madv.).

  1. A. Of persons: comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur qui erranti comiter monstrant viam (Enn.; cf. under adv.), Cic. Balb. 16, 36: illum negat et bonum virum et comem et humanum fuisse, etc., id. Fin. 2, 25, 80: ego illo usa sum benigno et lepido et comi, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 39 (cf. id. Heaut. 5, 1, 39 Bentl. N. cr.): comis et humanus, Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 80; cf. Quint. 6, 2, 18; Hor. S. 2, 8, 76: quis Laelio comior? quis jucundior? Cic. Mur. 31, 66: dum illis comis est, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 23; so, bonis (opp. adversus malos injucundus), Tac. Agr. 22 fin.: comis erga aliquem, Cic. Sen. 17, 59 (al. communis, but comp. id. Fin. l. l. Madv.): comis in amicitiis tuendis, id. Fin. 2, 25, 80 fin.: in uxorem, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 133: senex comissimus, App. M. 11, p. 268.
  2. B. Of subjects not personal: comi animo, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 39: ingenium, Tac. A. 6, 41 fin.: hospitio, Liv. 9, 36, 8, cf.: vinclum inter hospites comitas, Tac. G. 21 fin. Halm: sermone et congressu, id. A. 15, 48: viā (i. e. more), id. ib. 4, 7: oculis alliciendus amor, Ov. A. A. 3, 510.
    Adv.: cōmĭter, courteously, affably, etc. (very freq.): homo, qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51; id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll.: facere aliquid, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 10; id. Rud. 1, 5, 28: appellare unumquemque, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4: munera missa legatis, Liv. 9, 43, 26; cf. id. 42, 24, 10; 45, 20, 8: accipere, id. 23, 33, 7; Ov. F. 2, 788; Tac. A. 12, 51: invitare regios juvenes, Liv. 1, 57, 10: celebrare regis convivium, id. 1, 22, 5 (al. leg. comi fronte): administrare provinciam, Tac. H. 1, 13 et saep.; majestatem populi Romani comiter conservato, i. e. willingly, in an obliging, kind manner, a (mildly expressed) formula in treaties of peace, Cic. Balb. 16, 36, cf. Dig. 49, 15, 7; for which, in Liv. 38, 11, 2. imperium majestatemque populi Romani gens Aetolorum conservato sine dolo malo.
    Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66 dub. (Ritschl, comptissume).
    Comp. apparently not in use.

1. cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

  1. I. To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian): dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā, Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.: nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant, id. 3, 259: quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima, id. 4, 27.
  2. II. To care for, take care of.
    1. A. Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.: amica dum comit dumque se exornat, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19: capillos, Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832: nitidum caput, Tib. 1, 8, 16: caput in gradus atque anulos, Quint. 12, 10, 47: comas acu, id. 2, 5, 12: comas hasta recurva, Ov. F. 2, 560: capillos dente secto, Mart. 12, 83.
      Transf. to the person: sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā, wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751: Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta, id. Cul. 218: pueri praecincti et compti, Hor. S. 2, 8, 70: longas compta puella comas, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.
    2. B. In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament: corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat, Quint. 8, prooem. § 19: colla genasque, Stat. S. 1, 2, 110: vultus, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337: vestes et cingula manu, id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.
      1. 2. Transf. of things: vittā comptos praetendere ramos, Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.
  3. II. Trop., to deck, adorn: Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem, Luc. 10, 83.
    Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament: non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio), Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.: linguae orationisque comendae gratiā, Gell. 1, 9, 10.
    Hence, comptus (-mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked: juvenes ut femina compti, Ov. H. 4, 75: anima mundissima atque comptissima, Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.
    But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant: compta et mitis oratio, Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita): comptior sermo, Tac. H. 1, 19: (Vinicius) comptae facundiae, id. A. 6, 15.
    Transf. to the person: Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus, Quint. 10, 1, 79.
    Adv.: comptē (comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.: compte disserere, Sen. Ep. 75, 6: agere rem, Gell. 7, 3, 52.
    * Comp.: comptius dicere, Gell. 7, 3, 53.
    Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

2. cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

  1. I. Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.
    But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.
    1. A. Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): colla equorum, Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.: equus florā et comante jubā, Gell. 3, 9, 3: equae, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180: tori, Verg. A. 12, 6: crines, Sil. 16, 59: saetae hircorum, Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.: pellis comata villis, Val. Fl. 8, 122: galea = cristata, crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf. cristae, id. ib. 3, 468.
    2. B. Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair: stella, having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749: astro comantes Tyndaridae, ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267: sera comans narcissus, that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122: dictamnus flore Purpureo, id. A. 12, 413: jugum silvae, leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403: silvae, id. 1, 429: folia, luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59: pinus, Sil. 10, 550: humus, Stat. Th. 5, 502.
  2. II. Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.
    Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair: tempora, Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.
    As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.
    Transf.: silva, leafy, Cat. 4, 11.