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comitas inter gentes 72
comitas inter gentes [L], comity between nations.
comité [Fr], committee; meeting; club. —petit comité, small party.
comitiva [It; pi. comitive], band of outlaws or brigands, esp. in southern
Italy.
commanditaire [Fr], silent partner.
commandite or société en commandite [Fr], limited liability company,
consisting of acting and one or more silent partners; limited jointstock
company. This form of partnership obtains also in Louisiana.
comme ci comme ça [Fr], so-so; middling.
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr], lit., as two drops of water; as alike as
two peas.
comme il faut [Fr], as it should be; proper; correct; in good form;
well-bred.
commencement de la fin [Fr], beginning of the end.
comment allez-vous? [Fr], how are you?
comment ça va? [Fr], how goes it?
commis [Fr; fern, commise], clerk; shop assistant.
commissionnaire [Fr], one entrusted with a commission, usually a small
one; agent; commission agent; messenger; porter.
commis-voyageur [Fr], traveling salesman.
commodo [It], quietly; with ease: music.
commune bonum [L], common good; the good of all.
commune periculum concordiam parit [L], a common danger begets
unity.
communibus annis [L], in common {or average) years; on the annual
average.
communi consensu [L], by common consent.
communiqué [Fr], official communication; statement.
¿cómo está? [Sp], how are you?
¿cómo le va? [Sp], how goes it?
¿cómo se llama? [Sp], what is your (his, her) name? what is this called?
como se vive, se muere [Sp], as one lives, one dies.
cómo vai? [Pg], how goes it?
compadre [Sp], orig., godfather; friend; companion: Sp. Am.
compagnie [Fr], company; society; com., company (abbr. Cie).
compagnon de voyage [Fr], traveling companion.
compañero [Sp], comrade; companion.
compañía [Sp], company; society; com., company {abbr. C. a or C. ia ).
compendia dispendia [L], shortcuts are roundabout ways.
compesce mentem [L], control your temper: Horace.
complexus [L], lit., an embracing; aggregate of parts; complex; complicated
whole; anat., a broad muscle at the back of the neck.
componere lites [L], to settle disputes: Horace.
compositeur [Fr], music, composer; printing, compositor.
compos mentis [L], sound of mind; in one's right mind.