Latin

Alternative forms

• cominus

Adverb

comminus ‎(not comparable)

1. in close combat, in close contest, hand-to-hand
2. close up or at hand, near to; immediately

References

• comminus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comminus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “comminus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to use javelins at a distance, swords at close quarters: eminus hastis, comminus gladiis uti
    
  • to fight with swords at close quarters: gladio comminus (opp. eminus) rem gerere