compar

compar

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin pār
Latin compār

    From con- + pār.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    compār (genitive comparis); third-declension one-termination adjective

    1. equal
      Synonyms: pār, aequus, adaequātus, aequālis
      Antonyms: dispār, inaequālis, impār, inīquus
    2. similar, comparable

    Declension

    Third-declension one-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative compār comparēs comparia
    genitive comparis comparium
    dative comparī comparibus
    accusative comparem compār comparīs
    comparēs     		comparia
    ablative comparī
    compare     		comparibus
    vocative compār comparēs comparia

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Portuguese: cômpar

    Noun

    compār m or f (genitive comparis); third declension

    1. fellow, partner, equal (person)
    2. spouse

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative compār comparēs
    genitive comparis comparum
    dative comparī comparibus
    accusative comparem comparēs
    ablative compare comparibus
    vocative compār comparēs

    Descendants

    • → Proto-Brythonic: *kumpar

    References

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

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [komˈpar]

    Verb

    compar

    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of compara
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