Comes


 
 
Comes

Comes (genitive: comitis) is the Latin word for companion, either individually or as a member of a collective known as comitatus (compare comitatenses), especially the suite of a magnate, in some cases large and/or formal enough to have a specific name, such as a cohors amicorum. The word comes derives from com- "with" + ire "go."

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Comes was a common epitheton (title, added to the name, as Catholicism still does with Jesus and much- venerated saints, such as in Our Lady of Lourdes) for a hero or a (usually minor) divinity, marking it out as linked to a (major) divinity, or several celestials to each other.

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On Constantine I coinage, the emperor is declared comes to the Sun god.


 

Genitive: redirect Genitive case...

Comitatenses: Comitatenses is the Latin plural of comitatensis, originally the adjective derived from comitatus ('company, party, suite'; in this military context it came to the novel meaning of 'the field army'), itself rooting in Comes ('companion', but hence specific historical meanings, military and civilian)...

Cohors amicorum: Originally, since the Roman republic proper (i.e. before the Principate), the cohors amicorum was synonymous with the cohors praetoria (so called after the praetorium, the tent or more permanent dwelling of a Roman commanding general) : the military (including or annexing various logistic, domestic,...


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Introduction
In the Roman pagan religion
Imperially bestowed court titles and various offices of Comites
Horse guards corps of Comites
Medieval usage
See also
 


 

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