commodo

commodo

English

Adverb

commodo (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of comodo.

Italian

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin commodus

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɔm.mo.do/
    • Rhymes: -ɔmmodo
    • Hyphenation: còm‧mo‧do

    Adjective

    commodo (feminine commoda, masculine plural commodi, feminine plural commode)

    1. (archaic, now chiefly Romanesco) comfortable
      Synonym: comodo

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

      From commodum (profit, convenience) + (first conjugation verbal suffix).

      Verb

      commodō (present infinitive commodāre, perfect active commodāvī, supine commodātum); first conjugation

      1. to lend or hire
        amīcō suō librum commodāvit
        He lent his friend a book.
      2. to provide or bestow
      3. to adapt or accommodate
      Conjugation
      Antonyms

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      commodō

      1. dative/ablative singular of commodum

      Etymology 3

        From commodus (suitable, useful, convenient) + (adverb-forming suffix).

        Adverb

        commodo (not comparable)

        1. suitably
        2. seasonably
        3. just, in this moment, even now

        References

        • commodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • commodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • commodo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
          • (ambiguous) to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
          • (ambiguous) the interests of the state: commoda publica or rei publicae rationes
        • Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti