comestio

Latin

Etymology

From comesus +‎ -tio.

Noun

comestiō f (genitive comestiōnis); third declension

  1. an eating, the action of eating

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative comestiō comestiōnēs
genitive comestiōnis comestiōnum
dative comestiōnī comestiōnibus
accusative comestiōnem comestiōnēs
ablative comestiōne comestiōnibus
vocative comestiō comestiōnēs

Descendants

  • Galician: comechón
  • Portuguese: comichão
  • Spanish: comezón
  • Old French: comestion
  • Old Occitan: comestio

References

  • comestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • comestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.