mecum

See also: Mecum and mečům

Latin

Etymology

From mē (“me”) +‎ -cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.kum/, [ˈmeːkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.kum/, [ˈmɛːkum]

Adverb

mēcum (not comparable)

1. with me

   Indignabar mecum.

   I was displeased with myself.

   Vade mecum.

   Go with me.

   Dii mecum militant.

   The gods fight with me.

   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.3.5:

     Quid mecum est tibi? Aut tibi?

     What have you to do with me? Or you?

Descendants

• Dalmatian: conmaic
• Emilian: mêg
• Italian: meco
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: migo, conmigo, comigo
  • Leonese: cunmiéu
  • Mirandese: cumigo
• Old Galician-Portuguese: migo, comigo
  • Galician: comigo (con + migo)
  • Portuguese: comigo (com + migo)
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: conmigo (con + migo)
• Neapolitan: cummico

References

• “mecum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mecum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mecum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.t͡ʃum/

Noun

mēċum

1. dative plural of mēċe