comminus

comminus (not cōminus), adv.

com- + manus, in close contest, hand to hand, at close quarters : acriter instare, S.: eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uti: unum ense ferit, O.: comminus eminus petunt, L.: locus pugnandi, Cs.: conferre signa, L.: falcati enses, for hand-to-hand fighting , V.: in apros ire, O.: cervos obtruncant ferro, V.: arva Insequitur, V.—Fig., at close quarters, hand to hand : agamus. — Nigh at hand, near to, near : aspicit Getas, O.: monstratā captivitate, Ta.