comitor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin com-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁its

Proto-Italic *-its

Latin -es

Latin comes

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin comitor

From comes (“companion, comrade”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.mɪ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.mi.tor]

Verb

comitor (present infinitive comitārī, perfect active comitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to join someone as an attendant; accompany, attend, follow; guard, escort; serve

   Synonyms: concomitor, cōnsequor, prōsequor, sequor, stīpō

2. to attend someone to the grave, attend a funeral

Usage notes

Used with an accusative construction, an ablative absolute or, with abstract subjects, the dative (in the sense of attending certain circumstances or qualities).

Conjugation

   Conjugation of comitor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comitor		comitāris, comitāre		comitātur		comitāmur		comitāminī		comitantur
	imperfect	comitābar		comitābāris, comitābāre		comitābātur		comitābāmur		comitābāminī		comitābantur
	future	comitābor		comitāberis, comitābere		comitābitur		comitābimur		comitābiminī		comitābuntur
	perfect	comitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comiter		comitēris, comitēre		comitētur		comitēmur		comitēminī		comitentur
	imperfect	comitārer		comitārēris, comitārēre		comitārētur		comitārēmur		comitārēminī		comitārentur
	perfect	comitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	comitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		comitāre		—		—		comitāminī		—
	future	—		comitātor		comitātor		—		—		comitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		comitārī			—			comitāns			—
future		comitātūrum esse			—			comitātūrus			comitandus
perfect		comitātum esse			—			comitātus			—
future perfect		comitātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		comitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		comitandī		comitandō		comitandum		comitandō		comitātum		comitātū

Derived terms

• comitābilis
• comitālis (Medieval Latin)
• comitātus
• concomitor

Related terms

• comes
• comitīvus
• comitō

Descendants

• English: comitatus

References

• “comitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “comitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.