comissor

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cōmisor, commisor, commissor
  • cōmesor, cōmessor, commessor, commensor

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωμάζω (kōmázō, “revel, make merry”), from κῶμος (kômos).

From erroneous derivations from comis, comedo, mensa etc. come its alternative spellings.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōmissor (present infinitive cōmissārī, perfect active cōmissātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to carouse, revel, make merry
  2. to hold a festive procession

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōmissor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōmissor cōmissāris,
cōmissāre 		cōmissātur cōmissāmur cōmissāminī cōmissantur
imperfect cōmissābar cōmissābāris,
cōmissābāre 		cōmissābātur cōmissābāmur cōmissābāminī cōmissābantur
future cōmissābor cōmissāberis,
cōmissābere 		cōmissābitur cōmissābimur cōmissābiminī cōmissābuntur
perfect cōmissātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōmissātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōmissātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōmisser cōmissēris,
cōmissēre 		cōmissētur cōmissēmur cōmissēminī cōmissentur
imperfect cōmissārer cōmissārēris,
cōmissārēre 		cōmissārētur cōmissārēmur cōmissārēminī cōmissārentur
perfect cōmissātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōmissātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōmissāre — — cōmissāminī —
future — cōmissātor cōmissātor — — cōmissantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cōmissārī — cōmissāns —
future cōmissātūrum esse — cōmissātūrus cōmissandus
perfect cōmissātum esse — cōmissātus —
future perfect cōmissātum fore — — —
perfect potential cōmissātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōmissandī cōmissandō cōmissandum cōmissandō cōmissātum cōmissātū

Derived terms

References

  • “comissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “comissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • comissor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber
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