Dictionary formcomes, comitis(masculine or feminine)
Translation
companion, comrade; count, earl
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | comes | comites |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | comes | comites |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | comitem | comites |
| Genitiveof | comitis | comitum |
| Dativeto, for | comiti | comitibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | comite | comitibus |
Examples
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A faithful companion came with me.
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He was looking for a companion for the journey.
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The companions stayed on the road.
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The king called his companion to him.
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He made the long journey without a companion.
Comes, comitis is third declension and common gender, masculine or feminine as the person requires. Take it apart and it is transparent: cum plus a worn-down form of eo, "one who goes with". The person accompanied goes in the genitive or dative - comes itineris, "companion of the journey".
Then the empire happened to it. A comes was first a member of the emperor's travelling retinue, then an official with a portfolio, and by the Frankish period a territorial lord: the count, the earl, the comte, the conde. Comitatus, his patch, becomes the English county. So a comes in a classical text is a friend on the road and a comes in a charter is a nobleman, and the corpus here has plenty of both.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 11: comes, aliquot, reddo and 4 more words.