comito

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Italian

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Etymology

From the Latin comitem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.mi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔmito
  • Hyphenation: cò‧mi‧to

Noun

comito m (plural comiti)

  1. (nautical) a galley boatswain, in charge of handling sails
  2. (nautical) from the 13th century, a galley captain within the Republic of Venice
  3. (nautical) from the 13th century, a harbourmaster/harbormaster, especially in Kingdom of Naples

Derived terms

Further reading

còmito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology 1

From comes +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

comitō (present infinitive comitāre, perfect active comitāvī, supine comitātum); first conjugation

  1. to accompany, attend, follow
    Synonyms: exsequor, sequor, cōnsequor
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

cōmitō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of cōmō

References

  • comito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • comito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • comito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.