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rixam committere

English translation: to start a quarrel

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Latin term or phrase:	rixam committere
English translation:	to start a quarrel
Entered by:	Sergey Kudryashov

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16:42 Aug 27, 2009

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Livy

Latin term or phrase: rixam committere

Hi,

My dictionary says it’s in Livy somewhere but doesn't say where.

My question: would rixam committere mean “to start a brawl” or just to join in one already started?

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

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to start a quarrel

Explanation:
to start a quarrel

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Sergey Kudryashov
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:40

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many thanks very good indeed
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4 +2

to start a quarrel

Sergey Kudryashov

Summary of reference entries provided

Livy, book 10, chapter 1, section 93 line 3

Clifford Marcus

yes

danya

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22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to start a quarrel

Explanation:
to start a quarrel

Sergey Kudryashov
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:40
Works in field
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Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

many thanks very good indeed

Reference comments

49 mins

Reference: Livy, book 10, chapter 1, section 93 line 3

Reference information:
"rixam committere" does not seem to occur in Livy, or in the whole Corpus of Latin literature. Rixam occurs once in Livy, as above.

Put this comment in the wrong place, sorry Sergey.

Source: Antiquarium/PHI database

Clifford Marcus
United Kingdom
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English

1 hr peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: yes

Reference information:
Ii in ultimo agmine tardius euntes cum servis P. Clodi rixam commiserunt.

Asconius, PRO MILONE

http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/latinlibrary/asconius.ht...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-27 18:56:03 GMT)
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"yes" meaning yes, you are right, "to start a quarrel"

rixam commiserunt -- similar to the idiom pugnam commiserunt
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin3/stories/ch_info/ch58_info.htm

danya
Russian Federation
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