comminus

Latin

Alternative forms

• cominus

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) + manus (“hand”).

Adverb

comminus (not comparable)

1. in close combat, in close contest, hand-to-hand
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.175–176:

     at postquam virtūs annīs adolēvit, in aprōs
     audet et hirsūtās comminus īre leās

     But after his valor has matured with his years, he dares to engage in close combat with boars and shaggy lionesses.
     (See Hyas.)

2. close up or at hand, near to; immediately

References

• “comminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comminus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to use javelins at a distance, swords at close quarters: eminus hastis, comminus gladiis uti
    
  • to fight with swords at close quarters: gladio comminus (opp. eminus) rem gerere