comitatus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin comitatus, from comes (companion). Doublet of county, from Anglo-Norman/Old French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɒmɪˈteɪtəs/
    Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Noun

comitatus (plural comitatuses or comitatus)

  1. (historical) A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect participle of comitor, from comes.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.miˈtaː.tus/, [kɔ.mɪˈtaː.tʊs]

Participle

comitātus m (feminine comitāta, neuter comitātum); first/second declension

  1. accompanied; guarded; served

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative comitātus comitāta comitātum comitātī comitātae comitāta
Genitive comitātī comitātae comitātī comitātōrum comitātārum comitātōrum
Dative comitātō comitātae comitātō comitātīs comitātīs comitātīs
Accusative comitātum comitātam comitātum comitātōs comitātās comitāta
Ablative comitātō comitātā comitātō comitātīs comitātīs comitātīs
Vocative comitāte comitāta comitātum comitātī comitātae comitāta

References

Noun

comitātus m (genitive comitātūs); fourth declension

  1. company or troop of soldiers
  2. an escort or attending multitude, especially an imperial escort or retinue
  3. combination, association
  4. county

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative comitātus comitātūs
Genitive comitātūs comitātuum
Dative comitātuī comitātibus
Accusative comitātum comitātūs
Ablative comitātū comitātibus
Vocative comitātus comitātūs

Derived terms

  • comitātensis

Descendants

References

  • cŏmĭtātus² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • comitatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • comitatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cŏmĭtātŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 348/2
  • comitatus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “comitatus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 207–209
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