commeatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of commeō.

Noun

commeātus m (genitive commeātūs); fourth declension

  1. supplies, provisions
  2. goods
  3. convoy, caravan
  4. furlough, leave of absence

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commeātus commeātūs
Genitive commeātūs commeātuum
Dative commeātuī commeātibus
Accusative commeātum commeātūs
Ablative commeātū commeātibus
Vocative commeātus commeātūs

Descendants

References
  • commeatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • commeatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • commeatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • commeatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to cut off all supplies of the enemy: intercludere, prohibere hostes commeatu
    • (ambiguous) to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
    • (ambiguous) to cut off the supplies, intercept them: intercludere commeatum
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