commodo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.doː/, [ˈkɔmːɔd̪oː] or IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.do/, [ˈkɔmːɔd̪ɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.do/, [ˈkɔmːod̪o]

Etymology 1

From commodum (“profit, convenience”) +‎ -ō (first conjugation verbal suffix).

Verb

commodō (present infinitive commodāre, perfect active commodāvī, supine commodātum); first conjugation

1. to lend or hire

   amīcō suō librum commodāvīt

   He lent his friend a book.

2. to provide or bestow
3. to adapt or accommodate

Conjugation

Conjugation of commodō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commodō	commodās	commodat	commodāmus	commodātis	commodant
	imperfect	commodābam	commodābās	commodābat	commodābāmus	commodābātis	commodābant
	future	commodābō	commodābis	commodābit	commodābimus	commodābitis	commodābunt
	perfect	commodāvī	commodāvistī	commodāvit	commodāvimus	commodāvistis	commodāvērunt, commodāvēre
	pluperfect	commodāveram	commodāverās	commodāverat	commodāverāmus	commodāverātis	commodāverant
	future perfect	commodāverō	commodāveris	commodāverit	commodāverimus	commodāveritis	commodāverint
passive	present	commodor	commodāris, commodāre	commodātur	commodāmur	commodāminī	commodantur
	imperfect	commodābar	commodābāris, commodābāre	commodābātur	commodābāmur	commodābāminī	commodābantur
	future	commodābor	commodāberis, commodābere	commodābitur	commodābimur	commodābiminī	commodābuntur
	perfect	commodātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commodātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commodātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commodem	commodēs	commodet	commodēmus	commodētis	commodent
	imperfect	commodārem	commodārēs	commodāret	commodārēmus	commodārētis	commodārent
	perfect	commodāverim	commodāverīs	commodāverit	commodāverīmus	commodāverītis	commodāverint
	pluperfect	commodāvissem	commodāvissēs	commodāvisset	commodāvissēmus	commodāvissētis	commodāvissent
passive	present	commoder	commodēris, commodēre	commodētur	commodēmur	commodēminī	commodentur
	imperfect	commodārer	commodārēris, commodārēre	commodārētur	commodārēmur	commodārēminī	commodārentur
	perfect	commodātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commodātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	commodā	—	—	commodāte	—
	future	—	commodātō	commodātō	—	commodātōte	commodantō
passive	present	—	commodāre	—	—	commodāminī	—
	future	—	commodātor	commodātor	—	—	commodantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		commodāre	commodāvisse	commodātūrum esse	commodārī	commodātum esse	commodātum īrī
participles		commodāns	—	commodātūrus	—	commodātus	commodandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		commodandī	commodandō	commodandum	commodandō	commodātum	commodātū

Antonyms

• mūtuor (“to borrow”)

Etymology 2

Noun

commodō

1. dative/ablative singular of commodum

Etymology 3

From commodus (“suitable, useful, convenient”) +‎ -ō (adverb-forming suffix).

Adverb

commodo (not comparable)

1. suitably
2. seasonably
3. just, in this moment, even now

References

• “commodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
    
  • (ambiguous) the interests of the state: commoda publica or rei publicae rationes
    
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti