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Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin cosmis, from Proto-Italic *komsmis, from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smile”) (whence mīrus).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cōmis (neuter cōme, comparative cōmior, superlative cōmissimus, adverb cōmiter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- courteous, kind, obliging, affable, gracious, polite
- elegant, cultured
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Noun
comis
- dative/ablative plural of coma
Derived terms
References
- “comis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comis 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)
- comis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 967
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek κόμης (kómis).
Noun
comis m (plural comiși)
- (historical) equerry
Declension
Walloon
Pronunciation
Noun
comis m
- clerk