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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“adapt, put in order”).
Pronunciation
Verb
accommodō (present infinitive accommodāre, perfect active accommodāvī, supine accommodātum); first conjugation
- to fit or adapt something to something else, lay, put or hang on, attach; prepare (for a use), provide
- to adjust, adapt or accommodate to; bring someone or something to something, apply
- (with reflexive) to support, conform to, comply or side with
Conjugation
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Descendants
Adjective
accommodō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of accommodus
References
- “accommodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “accommodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- accommodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: se conformare, se accommodare ad alicuius voluntatem
- to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature: totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
- to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
- to treat with scientific exactness; to classify: ad rationis praecepta accommodare aliquid
- to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)