Latin

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Etymology

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    From con- + meō.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    commeō (present infinitive commeāre, perfect active commeāvī, supine commeātum); first conjugation

    1. to visit or travel to; to frequent
    2. to resort to
    3. to go to and fro

    Conjugation

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    Descendants

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    • French: congé
    • Occitan: comjat
    • Italian: escomiare

    References

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    • commeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • commeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • commeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to go in and out of any one's house; to visit frequently: commeare ad aliquem
      • (ambiguous) to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
      • (ambiguous) to cut off the supplies, intercept them: intercludere commeatum