cometes
See also: Cometes, cometés, and comètes
Asturian
Noun
cometes
- plural of cometa
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /koˈmə.təs/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kuˈmɛ.təs/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /koˈme.tes/
Noun
cometes
- plural of cometa
Latin
Alternative forms
- comēta
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/, [kɔˈmeːt̪eːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈme.tes/, [koˈmɛːt̪es]
Noun
comētēs m (genitive comētae); first declension
- A comet, meteor, shooting star.
- A portent of disaster.
Declension
First-declension noun (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
- crinis
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmetes/ [koˈme.t̪es]
- Rhymes: -etes
- Syllabification: co‧me‧tes
Verb
cometes
- second-person singular present indicative of cometer