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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koːˈmɪs.sɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈmis.sor]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōmissārī			—			cōmissāns			—
future		cōmissātūrum esse			—			cōmissātūrus			cōmissandus
perfect		cōmissātum esse			—			cōmissātus			—
future perfect		cōmissātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		cōmissātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōmissandī		cōmissandō		cōmissandum		cōmissandō		cōmissātum		cōmissātū

Derived terms

• cōmissābundus
• cōmissāliter
• cōmissātiō
• cōmissātor

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