comissor

Latin

Alternative forms
  • cōmisor, commisor, commissor
  • cōmesor, cōmessor, commessor, commensor

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωμάζω (kōmázō, “revel, make merry”), from κῶμος (kômos).

From erroneous derivations from comis, comedo, mensa etc. come its alternative spellings.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōmissor (present infinitive cōmissārī, perfect active cōmissātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to carouse, revel, make merry
  2. to hold a festive procession

Conjugation
   Conjugation of cōmissor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōmissor cōmissāris,
cōmissāre		 cōmissātur cōmissāmur cōmissāminī cōmissantur
imperfect cōmissābar cōmissābāris,
cōmissābāre		 cōmissābātur cōmissābāmur cōmissābāminī cōmissābantur
future cōmissābor cōmissāberis,
cōmissābere		 cōmissābitur cōmissābimur cōmissābiminī cōmissābuntur
perfect cōmissātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōmissātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōmissātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōmisser cōmissēris,
cōmissēre		 cōmissētur cōmissēmur cōmissēminī cōmissentur
imperfect cōmissārer cōmissārēris,
cōmissārēre		 cōmissārētur cōmissārēmur cōmissārēminī cōmissārentur
perfect cōmissātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōmissātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōmissāre — — cōmissāminī —
future — cōmissātor cōmissātor — — cōmissantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōmissārī cōmissātum esse cōmissātūrum esse — — —
participles cōmissāns cōmissātus cōmissātūrus — — cōmissandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōmissandī cōmissandō cōmissandum cōmissandō cōmissātum cōmissātū

Derived terms

References
  • “comissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “comissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • comissor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber
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