verb deponent intransitive

com-mŏrĭor

2nd PP com-mŏrī · 3rd PP commortuus · conj. 3rd-io

to die with; at the same time with one

v. dep. n., to die with or at the same time with one (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.); constr. with cum, with the dat. or absol.

cum •

With cum: in acie cum Arunte commortuus est (Brutus), Liv. Epit. 2; Val. Max. 6, 8, 2.—

With dat.: obviam ire et commori hostibus, Sall. H. 1, 89 Dietsch: hostibus… ••

With dat.: obviam ire et commori hostibus, Sall. H. 1, 89 Dietsch: hostibus suis morte suā, Flor. 1, 18, 17; so, tibi, Sen. Ep. 77, 13: simul tibi, Vulg. Marc. 14, 31.—

the title of a comedy of Piautus; now lost absol

Absol., Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32; 10, 21, 24, § 47; Vulg. Ecclus. 19, 10.—Hence, Commŏrĭentes, the title of a comedy of Piautus, now lost, composed in imitation of the Συναποθνήσκοντες of Diphilus, Ter. Ad. prol. 7, and Prisc. p. 725 P. (acc. to Att. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 9, not genuine).—

figuratively •

Trop.: duo venena commoriuntur, i. e. their effects vanish together, Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 5.

Perseus ID: n9446 Key: commorior