Latin

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From ad- (to, towards, at) +‎ commodō (adapt, put in order).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

accommodō (present infinitive accommodāre, perfect active accommodāvī, supine accommodātum); first conjugation

  1. to fit or adapt something to something else, lay, put or hang on, attach; prepare (for a use), provide
  2. to adjust, adapt or accommodate to; bring someone or something to something, apply
  3. (with reflexive) to support, conform to, comply or side with

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit
edit

Descendants

edit

Adjective

edit

accommodō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of accommodus

References

edit
  • accommodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • accommodo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • accommodo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: se conformare, se accommodare ad alicuius voluntatem
    • to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature: totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
    • to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
    • to treat with scientific exactness; to classify: ad rationis praecepta accommodare aliquid
    • to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
  NODES
Note 1