comissor

Latin

Alternative forms

• cōmisor, commisor, commissor
• cōmesor, cōmessor, commessor, commensor

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωμάζω (kōmázō, “revel, make merry”), from κῶμος (kômos).

From erroneous derivations from comis, comedo, mensa etc. come its alternative spellings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koːˈmis.sor/, [koːˈmɪs̠ːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈmis.sor/, [koˈmisːor]

Verb

cōmissor (present infinitive cōmissārī, perfect active cōmissātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to carouse, revel, make merry
2. to hold a festive procession

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōmissor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōmissor	cōmissāris, cōmissāre	cōmissātur	cōmissāmur	cōmissāminī	cōmissantur
	imperfect	cōmissābar	cōmissābāris, cōmissābāre	cōmissābātur	cōmissābāmur	cōmissābāminī	cōmissābantur
	future	cōmissābor	cōmissāberis, cōmissābere	cōmissābitur	cōmissābimur	cōmissābiminī	cōmissābuntur
	perfect	cōmissātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōmissātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōmissātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōmisser	cōmissēris, cōmissēre	cōmissētur	cōmissēmur	cōmissēminī	cōmissentur
	imperfect	cōmissārer	cōmissārēris, cōmissārēre	cōmissārētur	cōmissārēmur	cōmissārēminī	cōmissārentur
	perfect	cōmissātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōmissātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōmissāre	—	—	cōmissāminī	—
	future	—	cōmissātor	cōmissātor	—	—	cōmissantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōmissārī	cōmissātum esse	cōmissātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cōmissāns	cōmissātus	cōmissātūrus	—	—	cōmissandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōmissandī	cōmissandō	cōmissandum	cōmissandō	cōmissātum	cōmissātū

Derived terms

• cōmissābundus
• cōmissāliter
• cōmissātiō
• cōmissātor

References

• “comissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comissor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber