mecum

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See also: Mecum and mečům

Latin

Etymology

From mē (“me”) +‎ -cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.kum/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.kum/,

Adverb

mēcum (not comparable)

with me
Indignabar mecum.
I was displeased with myself.

Vade mecum.
Go with me.

Dii mecum militant.
The gods fight with me.
- c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.3.5:
  Quid mecum est tibi? Aut tibi?^[1]
  What have you to do with me? Or you?^[2]

Descendants

Dalmatian: conmaic
Emilian: mêg
Italian: meco
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: migo, conmigo, comigo
- Leonese: cunmiéu
- Mirandese: cumigo
Old Galician-Portuguese: migo, comigo
- Galician: comigo (con + migo)
- Portuguese: comigo (com + migo)
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: conmigo (con + migo)
Neapolitan: cummico

References

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

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.t͡ʃum/

Noun

mēċum

dative plural of mēċe

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