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comitatus.

company of soldiers/mercenaries; war band; company/throng/crowd; rank and file; escort/retinue (of slaves/clients); court of a king; combination, association; |county (Cal);

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɔ.mɪˈtaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ko.miˈtaː.tus]
  1. company or troop of soldiers

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  2. an escort or attending multitude, especially an imperial escort or retinue

    declension-4
  3. combination, association

    declension-4
  4. county

    declension-4
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-h₁its Proto-Italic *-its Latin -es Latin comes Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin comitor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin comitatus From comitor + -tus (forming action nouns).

verb[kɔ.mɪˈtaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ko.miˈtaː.tus]
  1. having accompanied, guarded, served, attended

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect active participle of comitor.

verb[kɔ.mɪˈtaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ko.miˈtaː.tus]
  1. accompanied, guarded, served, attended

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of comitō.

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