comitissa

Latin

Etymology

From comes +‎ -issa.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈtis.sa/, [kɔmɪˈt̪ɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈtis.sa/, [komiˈt̪isːä]

Noun

comitissa f (genitive comitissae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a countess

   Coordinate term: comes

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	comitissa	comitissae
Genitive	comitissae	comitissārum
Dative	comitissae	comitissīs
Accusative	comitissam	comitissās
Ablative	comitissā	comitissīs
Vocative	comitissa	comitissae

References

• comitissa 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)
  pauquinus 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)