commeatus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of commeō (“to go to and fro, frequent”).

Participle

commeātus (feminine commeāta, neuter commeātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. perfect passive participle of commeō
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative commeātus commeāta commeātum commeātī commeātae commeāta
Genitive commeātī commeātae commeātī commeātōrum commeātārum commeātōrum
Dative commeātō commeātō commeātīs
Accusative commeātum commeātam commeātum commeātōs commeātās commeāta
Ablative commeātō commeātā commeātō commeātīs
Vocative commeāte commeāta commeātum commeātī commeātae commeāta

Etymology 2

From commeō (“to go to and fro, frequent”) +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

commeātus m (genitive commeātūs); fourth declension

  1. supplies, provisions
    Synonym: annōna
  2. goods
    Synonyms: sarcina, impedimentum
  3. convoy, caravan
  4. furlough, leave of absence
    Synonym: missio
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commeātus commeātūs
Genitive commeātūs commeātuum
Dative commeātuī commeātibus
Accusative commeātum commeātūs
Ablative commeātū commeātibus
Vocative commeātus commeātūs
Descendants

References
  • “commeatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “commeatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • commeatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • commeatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to cut off all supplies of the enemy: intercludere, prohibere hostes commeatu
    • (ambiguous) to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
    • (ambiguous) to cut off the supplies, intercept them: intercludere commeatum
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