noun

Cōmum

gen. Cōmi · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

a considerable town in; the birthplace of the younger Pliny; Como

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,

adj., of; pertaining to Comum; the inhabitants of Comum absol •

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.

Perseus ID: n9732 Key: Comum