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commissūra , ae, f. committo.
I. Prop., a joining or connecting together; hence, in concr., a band, knot, joint, seam, juncture, commissure (class.): “commissura funis,” Cato, R. R. 135, 4; cf. “nodorum,” Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2: “molles digitorum,” Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: “mirabiles ossium,” id. ib. 2, 55, 139; id. Univ. 7 fin.: “navium,” Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158: “nucum,” id. 17, 10, 11, § 64: “colorum,” a mingling, id. 35, 5, 11, § 29; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 4: “Piscium,” the knot in the constellation Pisces, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311: “vitis,” Col. 3, 17, 4; id. Arb. 26, 9.—
II. In Quint. transf., connection in discourse, Quint. 12, 9, 17; cf. id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 90: “verborum,” id. 9, 4, 37.
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 (10):
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.29
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.64
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 5.12.2
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.60
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 10.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.90
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.37
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 9.17
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.17.4
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 7
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