verbfirst conjugation, deponent
comitor
comitor (present infinitive comitārī, perfect active comitātus sum)
Classical[ˈkɔ.mɪ.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔː.mi.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- deponentto join someone as an attendant; accompany, attend, follow; guard, escort; serve
- deponentto attend someone to the grave, attend a funeral
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
comes sum; ut comes sequor.comitor -ārī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
ūnā eō, sequorcomitor -ārī — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 22
comes sum, sequorcomitor -ārī — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Comitari · Deducere · Prosequi
Comitari means to accompany for one’s own interest, ἀκολουθεῖν; deducere, from friendship, with officiousness; prosequi, from esteem, with respect, προπέμπειν. (vi. 73.)
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comitor | comitābar | comitābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | comitāris comitāre | comitābāris comitābāre | comitāberis comitābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | comitātur | comitābātur | comitābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | comitāmur | comitābāmur | comitābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | comitāminī | comitābāminī | comitābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | comitantur | comitābantur | comitābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comiter | comitārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | comitēris comitēre | comitārēris comitārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | comitētur | comitārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | comitēmur | comitārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | comitēminī | comitārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | comitentur | comitārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | comitāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | comitāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | comitātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | comitātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | comitantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | comitārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | comitātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | comitātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | comitāns | — |
| perfect participle | comitātus comitāta, comitātā, comitātae, comitātam, comitātārum, comitātās, comitāte, comitātī, comitātīs, comitātō, comitātōrum, comitātōs | — |
| future participle | comitātūrus | comitandus |
gerundcomitandī, comitandō, comitandumsupinecomitātum, comitātū
cŏmĭtor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. a. [comes], to join one's self to any one as an attendant, to accompany, attend, follow (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. per.); constr. with acc. or absol., with abstr. subjects by Cic. three times (qs. comitem esse) with dat. (v. B. β).
I. In gen.
(a). With acc.:
propinqui Indutiomari comitati eos ex civitate excesserunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 8: matrem, Lucr. 2, 640: patrem, Suet. Calig. 10; Curt. 3, 8, 12: nautas fugā, Verg. A. 4, 543: Metellum in exsilium, Suet. Gram. 3: erilem filium in scholas, id. ib. 23: hostiam, Verg. G. 1, 346: iter alicujus, id. A. 6, 112: gressum erilem, id. ib. 8, 462: currum Augusti triumpho, Suet. Tib. 6; id. Dom. 2 fin.: rem militarem, Tac. A. 11, 22.—(b). Absol. (esp. freq. in the Aug. poets and Tac.):
lanigerae comitantur oves, Verg. A. 3, 660; Plin. Pan. 24, 3: sex milia Dalmatarum, recens delectus, comitabantur, Tac. H. 3, 50; 5, 1; id. G. 46: non aequo comitantes ordine, Sil. 4, 31; Dig. 17, 10, 15, § 16.—In the abl. absol. of the part. pres., with the attendance of, attended by, etc., sometimes to be translated by with, together with, and with a negative, without: magnā comitante catervā, Verg. A. 2, 40; 11, 498; Curt. 6, 5, 11.—In plur., Nep. Att. 22, 4; Ov. M. 11, 275; 13, 631; Tac. H. 3, 41; Suet. Ner. 48: domino comitante, Ov. M. 13, 402: nupsi non comitante deo, without the assent, against the will of the god (Hymen), Prop. 4 (5), 3, 16. —B. Transf. to inanimate objects (cf. comes, I. B.).
(a). With acc.:
comitatur fama unionis ejus parem, etc., Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121: quando comitetur semper artem decor, Quint. 9, 4, 7; cf. also Curt. 8, 5, 16; Claud. C. Mal. Theod. 243; Dig. 45, 1, 126, § 1.—(b). With dat.:
(Tarquinio Superbo) aliquamdiu prospera fortuna comitata est, Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44: tardis enim mentibus virtus non facile comitatur, id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: cetera, quae comitantur huic vitae, id. ib. 5, 35, 100.—(g). Absol.:
an est aliquid per se ipsum flagitiosum, etiam si nulla comitetur infamia? Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60: Teucrum comitantibus armis Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus! Verg. A. 4, 48; Ov. M. 14, 235; id. F. 3, 865: comitante opinione, Tac. Agr. 9.—II. In partic., to attend one to the grave:
(Eumenem) comitante toto exercitu humaverunt, Nep. Eum. 13, 4; id. Att. 22, 4: juvenem exanimum vano honore, Verg. A. 11, 52; cf.: supremum comitentur honorem, id. ib. 11, 61.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
comitor ātus, ārī
comes, to join as an attendant, accompany, attend, follow: eos, Cs.: hostiam, V.: iter alicuius, V.: gressum, V.: lanigerae comitantur oves, V.: magnā comitante catervā, with, V.: intravit paucis comitantibus urbem, O.: loculis comitantibus ire, with purses, Iu.—To attend to the grave: alqm comitante exercitu huma re, N.: supremum honorem, V.—Fig., of things, to follow, accompany, attend: mentibus virtus comitatur: huic vitae: etiam si nulla comitetur infamia: nimbis comitantibus Desilit, O.: comitante opinione, Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincomitor
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.
Descendants
- Englishcomitatus