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verbfirst conjugation

accommodō

accommodō (present infinitive accommodāre, perfect active accommodāvī, supine accommodātum)
Classical[akˈkɔm.mɔ.doː]Ecclesiastical[akˈkɔm.mo.do]

Meaning

  1. to fit or adapt something to something else, lay, put or hang on, attach; prepare (for a use), provide
  2. to adjust, adapt or accommodate to; bring someone or something to something, apply
  3. to support, conform to, comply or side with

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.accommodōaccommodābamaccommodābōaccommodāvīaccommodāveramaccommodāverō
accommodārō
2nd sg.accommodāsaccommodābāsaccommodābisaccommodāvistī
accommodāstī		accommodāverās
accommodārās		accommodāveris
3rd sg.accommodataccommodābataccommodābitaccommodāvitaccommodāverat
accommodārat		accommodāverit
accommodārit
1st pl.accommodāmusaccommodābāmusaccommodābimusaccommodāvimusaccommodāverāmusaccommodāverimus
accommodārimus
2nd pl.accommodātisaccommodābātisaccommodābitisaccommodāvistis
accommodāstis		accommodāverātis
accommodārātis		accommodāveritis
accommodāritis
3rd pl.accommodantaccommodābantaccommodābuntaccommodāvērunt
accommodāvēre, accommodārunt		accommodāverant
accommodārant		accommodāverint
accommodārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.accommodemaccommodāremaccommodāverim
accommodārim		accommodāvissem
accommodāssem
2nd sg.accommodēsaccommodārēsaccommodāverīsaccommodāvissēs
accommodāssēs
3rd sg.accommodetaccommodāretaccommodāverit
accommodārit		accommodāvisset
accommodāsset
1st pl.accommodēmusaccommodārēmusaccommodāverīmus
accommodārīmus		accommodāvissēmus
accommodāssēmus
2nd pl.accommodētisaccommodārētisaccommodāverītis
accommodārītis		accommodāvissētis
accommodāssētis
3rd pl.accommodentaccommodārentaccommodāverint
accommodārint		accommodāvissent
accommodāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.accommodoraccommodābaraccommodābor
2nd sg.accommodāris
accommodāre		accommodābāris
accommodābāre		accommodāberis
accommodābere
3rd sg.accommodāturaccommodābāturaccommodābitur
1st pl.accommodāmuraccommodābāmuraccommodābimur
2nd pl.accommodāminīaccommodābāminīaccommodābiminī
3rd pl.accommodanturaccommodābanturaccommodābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.accommoderaccommodārer
2nd sg.accommodēris
accommodēre		accommodārēris
accommodārēre
3rd sg.accommodēturaccommodārētur
1st pl.accommodēmuraccommodārēmur
2nd pl.accommodēminīaccommodārēminī
3rd pl.accommodenturaccommodārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.accommodāaccommodāre
pres. 2nd pl.accommodāteaccommodāminī
fut. 2nd sg.accommodātōaccommodātor
fut. 3rd sg.accommodātōaccommodātor
fut. 2nd pl.accommodātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.accommodantōaccommodantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaccommodāreaccommodārī
perfect infinitiveaccommodāvisse
accommodāsse		accommodātum esse
future infinitiveaccommodātūrum esseaccommodātum īrī
present participleaccommodāns—
perfect participle—accommodātus
future participleaccommodātūrus
accommodātūra, accommodātūrā, accommodātūrae, accommodātūram, accommodātūrārum, accommodātūrās, accommodātūre, accommodātūrī, accommodātūrīs, accommodātūrō, accommodātūrōrum, accommodātūrōs, accommodātūrum		accommodandus
accommodanda, accommodandā, accommodandae, accommodandam, accommodandārum, accommodandās, accommodande, accommodandīs, accommodandōrum, accommodandōs
gerundaccommodandī, accommodandō, accommodandumsupineaccommodātum, accommodātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

accommodate ad persuadendum dicere
to be a persuasive speaker.
ad rationis praecepta accommodare aliquid
to treat with scientific exactness; to classify.
se conformare, se accommodare ad alicuius voluntatem
to accomodate oneself to another's wishes.
ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence.
totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature.
ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
to express oneself in popular language.

ac-commŏdo, āvi, ātum (better, adc.), 1, v. a.,
I. to fit or adapt one thing to another, to lay, put, or hang on (in good prose, esp. in Cic., very freq.), constr. with ad, dat., or absol.
I. Lit.: coronam sibi ad caput, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 250: clupeum ad dorsum, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 93: gladium dextrae, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48; so, hastam dextrae, Sil. 5, 146: calauticam capiti, Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. 5; so, lateri ensem, Verg. A. 2, 393; absol.: insignia, Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5.—
B. In gen., to prepare for any use: Arabus lapis dentifriciis adcommodatur crematus, Plin. 36, 21, 41, § 153.
II. Trop., to adjust or adapt to, to accommodate to: meum consilium adcommodabo ad tuum, Cic. Fam. 9, 7; so id. Att. 10, 7; 12, 32; id. Leg. 3, 2 al.—Hence, with se, to adapt one's self to another's opinion, wishes, etc., to conform to, to comply with: omnes qui probari volunt, ad eorum qui audiunt arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et adcommodant, Cic. Or. 8, 24: alicui de aliqua re, to be compliant to one in any thing: peto a te ... ut ei de habitatione adcommodes, id. Fam. 13, 2. —
B. In gen., to bring a person or thing to something, to apply: testes ad crimen, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55: vim ad eloquentiam, id. Or. 7: curam pratis, etc., to apply, Quint. 1, 12, 7: nonnullam operam his studiis, id. 1, 10, 15; cf. 1, 8, 19: verba alicui (equival. to dare), id. 6, 1, 27; cf. 11, 1, 39 al.: intentionem his, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2 al.— Hence, with se (in a more general sense than above), to apply or devote one's self to, to undertake: se ad rem publicam et ad res magnas gerendas, Cic. Off. 1, 21; of property, to lend it to one for use: si quid iste suorum aedilibus adcommodavit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57.—Hence, accommŏdātus, a, um, P. a., fitted or adapted to, suitable, conformable, or appropriate to (only in prose; in poetry, accommodus is used), with ad or dat.: puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum adcommodatae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: oratio ad persuadendum adcommodata, Cic. Ac. 1, 8: quae mihi intelligis esse adcommodata, conformable to my interest, id. Fam. 3, 3. —Comp.: oratio contionibus concitatis adcommodatior, id. Clu. 1; so Caes. B. G. 3, 13: nobis accommodatior, Quint. 4, 1, 5; Suet. Ner. 8.—Sup.: exemplum temporibus suis adcommodatissimum, Cic. Fragm. Corn. 7; so Plin. 13, 3, 6, § 26; Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 7; Quint. 12, 10, 63 al.—Adv.: accommŏ-dāte, fitly, suitably, agreeably: dicere quam maxime adc. ad veritatem, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149.—Comp., id. Or. 33, 117.— Sup., id. Fin. 5, 9, 24.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaccommodō

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum 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 commodō Latin accommodō From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“adapt, put in order”).

Descendants
  • Catalanacomodar
  • Englishaccommodate
  • Frenchaccommoder
  • Italianaccomodare
  • Portugueseacomodar
  • Romanianacomoda
  • Spanishacomodar
  • Asturianacondar
  • Asturianacomodar
  • Indonesianakomodirfrom French accommoder

Quick answers

What does accommodō mean in Latin?
accommodō, a verb, means “to fit or adapt something to something else, lay, put or hang on, attach; prepare (for a use), provide; to adjust, adapt or accommodate to”.
What are the principal parts of accommodō?
accommodō, accommodāre, accommodāvī, accommodātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce accommodō?
In classical Latin, [akˈkɔm.mɔ.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [akˈkɔm.mo.do].
Where does accommodō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin accommodō.