Commodus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Commŏdus, i, m.,

I a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor , Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,

1 Commŏdĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus : horti, Lampr. Commod. 8: thermae, Spart. Nigid. 6 al.—

2 Commŏ-dĭus , a, um, adj., the same: Nonae, Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—

3 Commŏ-dus , a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August , which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

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