accommodo

Latin

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    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

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    Adjective

    accommodō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of accommodus

    References

    • “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)