Latin

Noun

commeātus m ‎(genitive commeātūs); fourth declension

1. supplies, provisions
2. goods
3. convoy, caravan
4. furlough, leave of absence

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• English: congee
• French: congé
• Italian: commiato, congedo, escomiare

References

• commeatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• commeatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COMMEATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “commeatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cut off all supplies of the enemy: intercludere, prohibere hostes commeatu
    
  • (ambiguous) to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to cut off the supplies, intercept them: intercludere commeatum