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Latin
Etymology
From cōmis + -tās.
Noun
cōmitās f (genitive cōmitātis); third declension
- politeness, courtesy
- kindness, kindliness
- Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, benignitās, benevolentia, venia
- friendliness, affability
- complaisance, obligingness
- elegance
- liberality, prodigality, generosity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Verb
comitās
- second-person singular present active indicative of comitō
References
- “comitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comitas 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)
- comitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.