commodo

English

Adverb

commodo (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of comodo.

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin commodus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.mo.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔmmodo
• Hyphenation: còm‧mo‧do

Adjective

commodo (feminine commoda, masculine plural commodi, feminine plural commode)

1. (archaic, now chiefly Rome) comfortable

   Synonym: comodo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.mɔ.doː], [ˈkɔm.mɔ.dɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.mo.do]

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 commodāvit

   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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		commodāre			commodārī			commodāns			—
future		commodātūrum esse			commodātum īrī			commodātūrus			commodandus
perfect		commodāvisse			commodātum esse			—			commodātus
future perfect		—			commodātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		commodātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		commodandī		commodandō		commodandum		commodandō		commodātum		commodātū

Antonyms

• mūtuor (“to borrow”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

commodō

1. dative/ablative singular of commodum

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin com-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médos

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Latin commodus

Proto-Indo-European *-(e)-od

Proto-Italic *-ōd

Latin -ō

Latin commodo

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
    
• commodo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication