verbfirst conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
commētō
commētō (present infinitive commētāre)
Classical[kɔmˈmeː.toː]Ecclesiastical[komˈmɛː.to]
Meaning
- intransitiveto go habitually
Conjugation conjugation 1 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | commētō | commētābam | commētābō | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | commētās | commētābās | commētābis | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | commētat | commētābat | commētābit | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | commētāmus | commētābāmus | commētābimus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | commētātis | commētābātis | commētābitis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | commētant | commētābant | commētābunt | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | commētem | commētārem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | commētēs | commētārēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | commētet | commētāret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | commētēmus | commētārēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | commētētis | commētārētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | commētent | commētārent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | commētā | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | commētāte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | commētātō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | commētātō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | commētātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | commētantō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | commētāre | — |
| present participle | commētāns | — |
gerundcommētandī, commētandō, commētandum
commēto (conm-), āre,
I. v. freq. n. [commeo, II.], to go frequently, Afran. and Novius ap. Non. p. 89, 30 sq.:
ad mulierculam, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 35.—With acc. of distance: nam meus scruposam victus conmetat viam, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82.com-mēto (con-m-), āre, 1,
I. v. a.; to measure thoroughly; comice:
nimis bene ora commetavi atque ex meā sententiā, i. e. with my fists, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 30 Brix ad loc. (al. commentavi).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commētō (conm-) —, —, āre, freq.
commeo, to visit habitually: ad mulierculam, T.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincommētō
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der. Proto-Italic *mejetos Proto-Italic *mētos 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 commētō Some sort of frequentative counterpart in -tō to commeō (“to visit, travel to”). However, this etymology does not perfectly explain the form. De Vaan suggests that might reflect a denominative to an earlier participle form *mejeto-, which would itself imply otherwise unattested Proto-Italic verbal derivatives of the root *mey-.