κόμης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin comes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.mis/ → /ˈko.mis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.me̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mis/

Noun

κόμης • (kómēs) m (genitive κόμητος); third declension (Koine)

1. a companion, comrade, partner
2. a count, an earl

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κόμης; τοῦ κόμητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόμης ho kómēs	τὼ κόμητε tṑ kómēte	οἱ κόμητες hoi kómētes
Genitive	τοῦ κόμητος toû kómētos	τοῖν κομήτοιν toîn komḗtoin	τῶν κομήτων tôn komḗtōn
Dative	τῷ κόμητῐ tôi kómētĭ	τοῖν κομήτοιν toîn komḗtoin	τοῖς κόμησῐ / κόμησῐν toîs kómēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κόμητᾰ tòn kómētă	τὼ κόμητε tṑ kómēte	τοὺς κόμητᾰς toùs kómētăs
Vocative	κόμης kómēs	κόμητε kómēte	κόμητες kómētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: κόμης (kómēs)
  • Greek: κόμης (kómis)
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܡܝܣ (qwmys), ܩܘܡܣ (qwms)
  • → Old Armenian: կոմս (koms)
    • → Old Georgian: კომსი (ḳomsi)
• → Old Armenian: կոմէս (komēs)

References

• “κόμης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κόμης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κόμης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek κόμης (kómēs, “high rank official”), from Latin comes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomis/
• Hyphenation: κό‧μης

Noun

κόμης • (kómis) m (plural κόμητες, feminine κόμισσα or κόμησσα)

1. count, earl (rank in the nobility)

Declension

Declension of κόμης

	singular	plural
nominative	κόμης (kómis)	κόμητες (kómites)
genitive	κόμη (kómi)	κομήτων (komíton)
accusative	κόμη (kómi)	κόμητες (kómites)
vocative	κόμη (kómi)	κόμητες (kómites)

and formal, in ancient fashion:

Declension of κόμης

	singular	plural
nominative	κόμης (kómis)	κόμητες (kómites)
genitive	κόμητος (kómitos)	κομήτων (komíton)
accusative	κόμητα (kómita)	κόμητες (kómites)
vocative	κόμη (kómi)	κόμητες (kómites)

Derived terms

• κομητεία f (komiteía, “county”)