commission (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Act of committing or doingII. Act of intrusting, as a charge or dutyIII. The business committed or entrusted1. mandātum (usu. in pl.)2. causa (rare)IV. A number of persons joined in an office or trustV. In commerceVI. In the army • commission (subs.): I. Act of committing or doing: expr. by ger. or part. of verbs under commit (II.). Phr.: to be caught in the c. of a crime, deprehendi in manifesto scelere, Cic. II. Act of intrusting, as a charge or duty: expr. by verb: in the c. of your interests to my protection, *quod res tuas meae fidei commendasti: v. to commend, commit. III. The business committed or entrusted: 1. mandātum (usu. in pl.): to perform a c., m. procurare, Cic.: also, m. exsequi, persequi, Cic.: to give any one a c., alicui mandata dare, Cic: to neglect a c., m. negligere, Ov.: an action for the performance of a c., actio mandati, Dig.: Cic. 2. causa (rare): to whom the senate had in the public behalf given the c. to thank me, cui senatus dederat publice causam (i. e. as a kind of brief), ut mihi gratias ageret, Cic. IV. A number of persons joined in an office or trust: *ii quibus aliquid exsequendum, peragendum, procurandum, etc., committitur, mandatur, permittitur: to be put in c. (e. g. an office), *procuratoribus committi, etc.: to put a ship into c., *navem instruendam atque ad bellum parandam curare. V. In commerce: Phr.: to do business on c., negotia procurare, Cic.; *ex mandato negotiari: a c. merchant, *qui ita negotiatur ut ex rerum vendendarum fructibus, ratam portionem (centesimam, quinquagesimam, etc.; i. e. one or two per cent.) ipse sibi percipiat: his commission, merces: v. remuneration. VI. In the army: Phr.: to hold a c. in the army, militibus, cohorti, etc., praeesse, praepositum esse: v. to command: to get a c. as tribune, tribunum fieri, Hor.