accommodatus Latin · revision 32049

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *med-}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ak.kɔm.mɔˈdaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ak.kom.moˈdaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''accommodātus''' (feminine ''accommodāta'', neuter ''accommodātum'', comparative ''accommodātior'', superlative ''accommodātissimus''); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adc-''.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect participle of [[m|la|accommodō|t=to fit, adapt]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists the verb among the derivatives of [[m|la|modus|t=measure]], through [[m|la|commodus|t=convenient]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who writes that he trusts a friend to do what he knows best suits him.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means suitable, appropriate or fitted, with ''ad'' or the dative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) 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.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of what suits a friend's interests.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of a well-disposed listener.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|suitable|alt=Suitable]], [[m|en|appropriate]], fitted.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Suiting the interests of someone.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Favourably disposed.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accommodo|alt=accommodō]]

+ * [[commodus]]

+ * [[modus]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}