accommodatus

Forms

accommodātus (feminine accommodāta, neuter accommodātum, comparative accommodātior, superlative accommodātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^[2][1] It is also spelled adc-.^[2]

Etymology

It is the perfect participle of accommodō (“to fit, adapt”), used as an adjective.^[2][1] De Vaan lists the verb among the derivatives of modus (“measure”), through commodus (“convenient”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source is Cicero,^[4] who writes that he trusts a friend to do what he knows best suits him.^[2]

Semantic evolution

It means suitable, appropriate or fitted, with ad or the dative.^[2][5] With the dative of a person it is suiting someone's interests, as in Cicero, Caesar and Livy, and in Quintilian it is favourably disposed, of a listener whose goodwill the speaker wins.^[2]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero of what suits a friend's interests.^[2][4]
• c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of a well-disposed listener.^[2][4]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Suitable, appropriate, fitted.^[2][5][1]
2. Suiting the interests of someone.^[2]
3. Favourably disposed.^[2]

Related words

• accommodō
• commodus
• modus

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press