comitor Latin · revision 9277

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la comes}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔ.mɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔː.mi.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comitor''' (present infinitive comitārī, perfect active comitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[comes]] “companion” with the verb suffix ⟨-or⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨comes⟩ as ⟨com-⟩ with the root for “to go”, “one who goes with”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius, “to accompany”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go along with, accompany, attend, as in Lucretius, and to escort, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012) Virgil used it for joining in an enterprise or sharing a fate, Propertius of gods attending with their influence, and Cicero of qualities attending someone.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder used it of things carried with someone and of things occurring together.^(OLD 2012)

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+ The collective ''comitātus'' gave [[en|comitatus]] in 1875 and survives in ''posse comitatus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of qualities.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of escorting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|accompany]], attend.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To escort.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To share in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To go with, be associated with.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comitābilis]]

+ * [[comitātus]]

+ * [[concomitor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[comes]]

+ * [[comitīvus]]

+ * [[comitō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}