adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
incomitātus
incomitātus (feminine incomitāta, neuter incomitātum)
Classical[ɪŋ.kɔ.mɪˈtaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[iŋ.ko.miˈtaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveunaccompanied, unattended, alone
[...] semperque relinquī / sōla sibī, semper longam incomitāta vidētur / īre viam, et Tyriōs dēsertā quaerere terrā.
[Dido’s anguished dreams:] and always to be left to herself all alone, forever she seems to go a long way, unattended, and looking for her Tyrian [companions] in a solitary land.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.466–468‘māter!’ ait virgō (mōta est dea nōmine mātris)
‘‘Mother!’’ says the maiden (the goddess was moved by the name of mother), ‘‘What are you doing unattended in lonely places?’’ (A young shepherdess chances upon the goddess Ceres who, having disguised herself as an old woman, is searching everywhere for her own lost daughter, Persephone.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.513–514
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | incomitātus | incomitāta | incomitātum |
| genitive | incomitātī | incomitātae | incomitātī |
| dative | incomitātō | incomitātae | incomitātō |
| accusative | incomitātum | incomitātam | incomitātum |
| ablative | incomitātō | incomitātā | incomitātō |
| vocative | incomitāte | incomitāta | incomitātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | incomitātī | incomitātae | incomitāta |
| genitive | incomitātōrum | incomitātārum | incomitātōrum |
| dative | incomitātīs | incomitātīs | incomitātīs |
| accusative | incomitātōs | incomitātās | incomitāta |
| ablative | incomitātīs | incomitātīs | incomitātīs |
| vocative | incomitātī | incomitātae | incomitāta |
in-cŏmĭtātus, a, um, adj.,
I. unaccompanied, unattended (rare and mostly poet.;
not in Cic., for in de Or. 1, 55, 234, the correct read. is incompta): virginibus in Illyrico incomitatis vagari licet, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9: funera, Lucr. 6, 1225: externis virtus incomitata bonis, Ov. P. 2, 3, 35: vestigia ferre, to go without company, alone, Sil. 9, 101.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
in-comitātus adj.,
unaccompanied, unattended, alone: Andromache, V.: virtus incomitata bonis, O.
Origins
From in- (“un-”) + comitātus (“accompanied”), from the perfect active participle (used passively) of comitor (“to escort, accompany, attend”).