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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From commodum (“profit, convenience”) + -ō (first conjugation verbal suffix).
Verb
commodō (present infinitive commodāre, perfect active commodāvī, supine commodātum); first conjugation
- to lend or hire
amīcō suō librum commodāvīt- He lent his friend a book.
- to provide or bestow
- to adapt or accommodate
Conjugation
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
commodō
- dative/ablative singular of commodum
Etymology 3
From commodus (“suitable, useful, convenient”) + -ō (adverb-forming suffix).
Adverb
commodo (not comparable)
- suitably
- seasonably
- just, in this moment, even now
References
- “commodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
- (ambiguous) the interests of the state: commoda publica or rei publicae rationes
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti