mecum
Latin
Etymology
From mē (“me”) + -cum (“with”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmeː.kũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.kum]
Adverb
mēcum (not comparable)
- with me
- Indignabar mecum.
- I was displeased with myself.
- Vade mecum.
- Go with me.
- Dii mecum militant.
- The gods fight with me.
Descendants
- Dalmatian: conmaic
- Emilian: mêg
- Italian: meco
- Old Leonese:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: migo, comigo
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: conmigo (con + migo)
- Neapolitan: cummico
- Sicilian: miga
References
- “mecum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mecum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mecum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeː.t͡ʃum/
Noun
mēċum
- dative plural of mēċe