Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating accompaniment in some languages, as in Finnish professorine "(along) with the professor.”
- n. The comitative case.
- n. A word or form in the comitative case.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- That serves to express accompaniment, association, or connection; associative.
- In grammar, noting the case expressing companionship (with). Also as a noun.
Wiktionary
- adj. grammar Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.
- n. The comitative case, or a word in this case.
Etymologies
- Latin comitārī, comitāt-, to accompany (from comes, comit-, companion; see count2) + -ive. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The be here used is the "beth comitative," the flesh accompanied by its "life.”
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Adjectival Arcana
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rememberers
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a case of cases
evoking a kind of heavy chest of drawers, for me. Latin (and German) at 11; now Finnish, and a fascination for what else is out there.
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