comis

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin cosmis, from Proto-Italic *komsmis, from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smile”) (whence mīrus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.mis/, [ˈkoːmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mis/, [ˈkɔːmis]

Adjective

cōmis (neuter cōme, comparative cōmior, superlative cōmissimus, adverb cōmiter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. courteous, kind, obliging, affable, gracious, polite
2. elegant, cultured

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	cōmis	cōme		cōmēs	cōmia
Genitive	cōmis			cōmium
Dative	cōmī			cōmibus
Accusative	cōmem	cōme		cōmēs cōmīs	cōmia
Ablative	cōmī			cōmibus
Vocative	cōmis	cōme		cōmēs	cōmia

Noun

comis

1. dative/ablative plural of coma

Derived terms

• cōmitās

References

• “comis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• comis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 967

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κόμης (kómis).

Noun

comis m (plural comiși)

1. (historical) equerry

Declension

Declension of comis

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) comis	comisul	(niște) comiși	comișii
genitive/dative	(unui) comis	comisului	(unor) comiși	comișilor
vocative	comisule		comișilor

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mi/

Noun

comis m

1. clerk