commeatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of commeō.

Noun

commeātus m (genitive commeātūs); fourth declension

  1. supplies, provisions
    Synonym: annōna
  2. goods
    Synonyms: sarcina, impedimentum
  3. convoy, caravan
  4. furlough, leave of absence
    Synonym: missio

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commeātus commeātūs
Genitive commeātūs commeātuum
Dative commeātuī commeātibus
Accusative commeātum commeātūs
Ablative commeātū commeātibus
Vocative commeātus commeātūs

Descendants

References
  • “commeatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “commeatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • commeatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • commeatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to cut off all supplies of the enemy: intercludere, prohibere hostes commeatu
    • (ambiguous) to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
    • (ambiguous) to cut off the supplies, intercept them: intercludere commeatum
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