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Cōmum , i, n., = Κῶμον,
I.a considerable town in Gallia Transpadana, the birthplace of the younger Pliny, now Como, Liv. 33, 36, 14; Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 1; Just. 20, 5, 8; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124; rebuilt by Caesar; hence also called Novum Comum (Νεόκωμον), Suet. Caes. 28.—Hence,
II. Cōmensis , e, adj., of or pertaining to Comum: “ager,” Liv. 33, 36, 9.—Absol.: “in Comensi,” Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 232.—Subst.: Cōmenses , ium, m., the inhabitants of Comum, Liv. 33, 36, 9; and id. 33, 37, 10; and, acc. to the later ap pel., Nŏvŏcōmensis , Cic. Fam. 13, 35, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.35.1
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 28
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.3.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 36.14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 36.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 37.10
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