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Italian
Etymology
From the Latin comitem.
Pronunciation
Noun
comito m (plural comiti)
- (nautical) a galley boatswain, in charge of handling sails
- (nautical) from the 13th century, a galley captain within the Republic of Venice
- (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 + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
comitō (present infinitive comitāre, perfect active comitāvī, supine comitātum); first conjugation
- to accompany, attend, follow
- Synonyms: exsequor, sequor, cōnsequor
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
cōmitō
- 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.