one of the twelve titles assumed by the Emperor Commodus, who ordained that the month of December should be distinguished by this name. [COMMODUS.] (D. C. 72.15; Zonar. 12.5; Lamprid. Commod. 11; Aurel. Vict. de Caes. xvii.; Eutrop. 8.7; Suidas, s. v. Κόμοδος.)