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Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + manus (“hand”).
Adverb
comminus (not comparable)
- 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.)
- 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, 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