comitor

Latin

Etymology

From comes (“companion, comrade”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mi.tor/, [ˈkɔmɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mi.tor/, [ˈkɔːmit̪or]

Verb

comitor (present infinitive comitārī, perfect active comitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to join someone as an attendant; accompany, attend, follow; guard, escort; serve
2. to attend someone to the grave, attend a funeral

Usage notes

Used with an accusative construction, an ablative absolute or, with abstract subjects, the dative (in the sense of attending certain circumstances or qualities).

Conjugation

Conjugation of comitor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comitor	comitāris, comitāre	comitātur	comitāmur	comitāminī	comitantur
	imperfect	comitābar	comitābāris, comitābāre	comitābātur	comitābāmur	comitābāminī	comitābantur
	future	comitābor	comitāberis, comitābere	comitābitur	comitābimur	comitābiminī	comitābuntur
	perfect	comitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comiter	comitēris, comitēre	comitētur	comitēmur	comitēminī	comitentur
	imperfect	comitārer	comitārēris, comitārēre	comitārētur	comitārēmur	comitārēminī	comitārentur
	perfect	comitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	comitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	comitāre	—	—	comitāminī	—
	future	—	comitātor	comitātor	—	—	comitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		comitārī	comitātum esse	comitātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		comitāns	comitātus	comitātūrus	—	—	comitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		comitandī	comitandō	comitandum	comitandō	comitātum	comitātū

Synonyms

• (accompany, escort): concomitor, consequor, dēdūcō, prōsequor, sequor, stīpō

Derived terms

• comitābilis
• concomitor

Related terms

• comes
• comitīvus
• comitō

Descendants

• English: comitatus

References

• “comitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.