mecum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mē (“me”) + -cum (“with”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.kum/, [ˈmeːkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.kum/, [ˈmɛːkum]
Adverb edit
mēcum (not comparable)
- with me
- Indignabar mecum.
- I was displeased with myself.
- Vade mecum.
- Go with me.
- Dii mecum militant.
- The gods fight with me.
Descendants edit
- Dalmatian: conmaic
- Emilian: mêg
- Italian: meco
- Old Leonese:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: migo, comigo
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: conmigo (con + migo)
- Neapolitan: cummico
References edit
- “mecum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mecum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mecum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mēċum