incomitatus
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“un-”) + comitātus (“accompanied”), from the perfect passive participle of comitor (“to escort, accompany, attend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋ.kɔ.mɪˈtaː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iŋ.ko.miˈt̪aː.t̪us]
Adjective
incomitātus (feminine incomitāta, neuter incomitātum); first/second-declension adjective
- unaccompanied, unattended, alone
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.466–468:
- [...] semperque relinquī / sōla sibī, semper longam incomitāta vidētur / īre viam, et Tyriōs dēsertā quaerere terrā.
- [Dido’s anguished dreams:] and always to be left to herself all alone, forever she seems to go a long way, unattended, and looking for her Tyrian [companions] in a solitary land.
- [...] semperque relinquī / sōla sibī, semper longam incomitāta vidētur / īre viam, et Tyriōs dēsertā quaerere terrā.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.513–514:
- ‘māter!’ ait virgō (mōta est dea nōmine mātris)
‘quid facis in sōlīs incomitāta locīs?’- ‘‘Mother!’’ says the maiden (the goddess was moved by the name of mother),
‘‘What are you doing unattended in lonely places?’’
(A young shepherdess chances upon the goddess Ceres who, having disguised herself as an old woman, is searching everywhere for her own lost daughter, Persephone.)
- ‘‘Mother!’’ says the maiden (the goddess was moved by the name of mother),
- ‘māter!’ ait virgō (mōta est dea nōmine mātris)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | incomitātus | incomitāta | incomitātum | incomitātī | incomitātae | incomitāta | |
| genitive | incomitātī | incomitātae | incomitātī | incomitātōrum | incomitātārum | incomitātōrum | |
| dative | incomitātō | incomitātae | incomitātō | incomitātīs | |||
| accusative | incomitātum | incomitātam | incomitātum | incomitātōs | incomitātās | incomitāta | |
| ablative | incomitātō | incomitātā | incomitātō | incomitātīs | |||
| vocative | incomitāte | incomitāta | incomitātum | incomitātī | incomitātae | incomitāta | |
References
- “incomitatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incomitatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers