commorior

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

com-mŏrĭor (conm-), mortuus, 3,

I 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.

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

β 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.—

γ Absol. , Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32; 10, 21, 24, § 47; Vulg. Ecclus. 19, 10.

V —Hence, Commŏrĭentes , the title of a comedy of Piautus , now lost , composed in imitation of the Συναποθνήσκοντες of Diphilus, Ter. Ad. 7, and Prisc. p. 725 P. (acc. to Att. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 9, not genuine).—

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