recommend
recommend
v. trans.
Advise: P. and V. συμβουλεύειν (τί τινι), πᾰραινεῖν (τί τινι), ἐξηγεῖσθαι (τί τινι), Ar. and P. ὑ̆ποτί̆θεσθαι (τί τινι). εἰσηγεῖσθαι (τί τινι).
Recommend (to do a thing): P. and V. συμβουλεύειν (dat. and infin.), πᾰραινεῖν (dat. and infin.), P. ὑποτίθεσθαι (dat. and infin.), V. αἰνεῖν (acc. and infin.), ἐπαινεῖν (acc. or dat. and infin.) , βουλεύειν (dat. and infin.).
Introduce (a person): P. συνιστάναι, προξενεῖν ; see a introduce.
Recommend oneself to (a person): use εὐνοϊκῶς διατιθέναι (τινά).
The case thus put has something to recommend it: P. ἔστι τοῦτο οὑτωσὶ μὲν ἀκοῦσαι λόγον τινʼ ἔχον (Dem. 462).
v. trans.
Advise: P. and V. συμβουλεύειν (τί τινι), πᾰραινεῖν (τί τινι), ἐξηγεῖσθαι (τί τινι), Ar. and P. ὑ̆ποτί̆θεσθαι (τί τινι). εἰσηγεῖσθαι (τί τινι).
Recommend (to do a thing): P. and V. συμβουλεύειν (dat. and infin.), πᾰραινεῖν (dat. and infin.), P. ὑποτίθεσθαι (dat. and infin.), V. αἰνεῖν (acc. and infin.), ἐπαινεῖν (acc. or dat. and infin.) , βουλεύειν (dat. and infin.).
Introduce (a person): P. συνιστάναι, προξενεῖν ; see a introduce.
Recommend oneself to (a person): use εὐνοϊκῶς διατιθέναι (τινά).
The case thus put has something to recommend it: P. ἔστι τοῦτο οὑτωσὶ μὲν ἀκοῦσαι λόγον τινʼ ἔχον (Dem. 462).
RECOMMEND
To commend commendare (in all the senses of the English word) aliquem or aliquid alicui. To recommend anybody to the best of one’s power de meliore nota commendare aliquem; earnestly urgently etiam atque etiam or magnopere valde commendare; most earnestly intime commendare. To recommend one’s self to the love and care of anybody se commendare alicujus amori et fidei: to seek to recommend one’s self to anybody quaerere sibi apud aliquem commendationem: to recommend itself gratum esse (to be pleasant): placere (to please): probari (to find approval). To recommend one’s self by anything se commendare aliqua re: to recommend itself by anything commendari aliqua re: suapte natura gratum esse.
To persuade advise Vid.
To commend commendare (in all the senses of the English word) aliquem or aliquid alicui. To recommend anybody to the best of one’s power de meliore nota commendare aliquem; earnestly urgently etiam atque etiam or magnopere valde commendare; most earnestly intime commendare. To recommend one’s self to the love and care of anybody se commendare alicujus amori et fidei: to seek to recommend one’s self to anybody quaerere sibi apud aliquem commendationem: to recommend itself gratum esse (to be pleasant): placere (to please): probari (to find approval). To recommend one’s self by anything se commendare aliqua re: to recommend itself by anything commendari aliqua re: suapte natura gratum esse.
To persuade advise Vid.
recommend:
1. commendo, 1: to r. in the best manner, de meliore nota commendare, Curio ad Cic. Fam. 7, 29: I r. myself entirely, me totum commendo, ib. 2, 6, extr.: consider my mother and friends as r.'d to you, matrem, meosque tibi commendatos habe, ib. 12, 16: I r. Praecilius to you especially, P tibi commendo unice, ib. 13, 15.
2. dēfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (to nominate): Pompeius says, that he will r. five new prefects, quinos se praefectos delaturum novos, id. Att. 5, 7
3. suādeo, si, sum, 2 (advise): you r.'d me not to do it, ne facerem suasisti, Plin. Ep. 5, 6: I will do as you r., faciam ut suades, Cic. Att. 11, 16.
4. suffrāgor, 1 (be in favour of) that circumstance r.'d this plan, huic consilio suffragabatur illa res, Caes. B. C. 1, 61.
5. prŏbo, 1 (make good): I fear lest I may not succeed in r.ing this to you, vereor, tibi ipsi ut probem, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.
1. commendo, 1: to r. in the best manner, de meliore nota commendare, Curio ad Cic. Fam. 7, 29: I r. myself entirely, me totum commendo, ib. 2, 6, extr.: consider my mother and friends as r.'d to you, matrem, meosque tibi commendatos habe, ib. 12, 16: I r. Praecilius to you especially, P tibi commendo unice, ib. 13, 15.
2. dēfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (to nominate): Pompeius says, that he will r. five new prefects, quinos se praefectos delaturum novos, id. Att. 5, 7
3. suādeo, si, sum, 2 (advise): you r.'d me not to do it, ne facerem suasisti, Plin. Ep. 5, 6: I will do as you r., faciam ut suades, Cic. Att. 11, 16.
4. suffrāgor, 1 (be in favour of) that circumstance r.'d this plan, huic consilio suffragabatur illa res, Caes. B. C. 1, 61.
5. prŏbo, 1 (make good): I fear lest I may not succeed in r.ing this to you, vereor, tibi ipsi ut probem, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.