comitas

comitas

Latin

Etymology

    From cōmis + -tās.

    Noun

    cōmitās f (genitive cōmitātis); third declension

    1. politeness, courtesy
    2. kindness, kindliness
      Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, benignitās, benevolentia, venia
    3. friendliness, affability
    4. complaisance, obligingness
    5. elegance
    6. liberality, prodigality, generosity

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cōmitās cōmitātēs
    genitive cōmitātis cōmitātum
    dative cōmitātī cōmitātibus
    accusative cōmitātem cōmitātēs
    ablative cōmitāte cōmitātibus
    vocative cōmitās cōmitātēs

    Descendants

    • Italian: comità

    Verb

    comitās

    1. second-person singular present active indicative of comitō

    References

    • comitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • comitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "comitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • comitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.