cometes
Catalan
Noun
cometes
- plural of cometa
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired; comet”), from κομᾰ́ω (komáō, “let the hair grow long”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈmeː.teːs/, [kɔˈmeː.teːs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈme.tes/, [koˈmeː.tes]
Noun
comētēs m (genitive comētae); first declension
- A comet, meteor, shooting star.
- A portent of disaster.
Declension
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | comētēs | comētae |
| genitive | comētae | comētārum |
| dative | comētae | comētīs |
| accusative | comētēn comētem |
comētās |
| ablative | comētē | comētīs |
| vocative | comētē | comētae |
See also
References
- cŏmētes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cometes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cŏmētēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- cometes in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
Portuguese
Verb
cometes
- second-person singular present indicative of cometer
Spanish
Verb
cometes
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