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“ipse mihi Māvors ‘commendō moenia’ dīxit ‘haec tibi. tū pollēns urbe nepōtis eris.’”
“Mars himself said to me, ‘I entrust these walls to you. You will be mighty in the city of your grandson.’” (The poetic voice is that of Juno (mythology); “Mavors” is an ancient form of the name of Juno’s son, Mars (mythology); Juno’s grandson is Romulus.)
“commendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
commendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare
to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
commendo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016