LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

comētēs

comētēs m (genitive comētae)
Classical[kɔˈmeː.teːs]Ecclesiastical[koˈmɛː.tes]

Meaning

  1. a comet, meteor, shooting star
  2. a portent of disaster

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecomētēscomētae
genitivecomētaecomētārum
dativecomētaecomētīs
accusativecomētēn
comētem, comētam		comētās
ablativecomētēcomētīs
vocativecomētēcomētae

cŏmētes, ae, m. (Lat. access. form nom. cometa, Prud. Cath. 12, 21; acc. cometam, Sen. Oct. 232;
I. cometem, Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 272; Schol. Juv. 6, 407; abl. cometā, Manil. 1, 824), = κομήτης, a comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89 sq.; Sen. Q. N. 7, 1, 5 et lib. 7 passim; Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 272; Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14; id. Div. 1, 11, 18; Verg. G. 1, 488; id. A. 10, 272; Sil. 8, 638; Luc. 1, 529 al.—In apposition with sidus, Tac. A. 14, 22; 15, 47; with stella, Just. 37, 2, 2.
Cŏmētes, ae, m.,
I. a Greek proper name.
I. One of the Lapithœ, Ov. M. 12, 284.—
II. Father of Asterion, Val. Fl. 1, 356.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired; comet”), from κομᾰ́ω (komắō, “to have long hair”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”), the former from κόμη (kómē, “hair”) which itself was borrowed into Latin as coma.

Descendants
  • Catalancometa
  • Frenchcomètefrom Old French comete
  • Romaniancometăfrom Old French comete
  • Englishcometfrom Old French comete
  • GermanKometfrom Middle High German comete
  • Italiancometa
  • Portuguesecometa
  • Spanishcometa
  • Albaniankometë
  • Aragonesecometa

Quick answers

What does comētēs mean in Latin?
comētēs, a noun, means “a comet, meteor, shooting star; a portent of disaster”.
What is the genitive of comētēs?
The genitive singular is comētae. comētēs is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce comētēs?
In classical Latin, [kɔˈmeː.teːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koˈmɛː.tes].