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单词 comes
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comesn.

Brit. /ˈkɒmɛs/, /ˈkɒmiːz/, U.S. /ˈkɑmɛs/, /ˈkɑmiz/
Inflections: Plural comites Brit. /ˈkɒmɪtiːz/, U.S. /ˈkɑməˌtiz/, (rare) unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin comit-, comes.
Etymology: < classical Latin comit-, comes companion, person in the service or under the leadership of another, member of the staff of a Roman magistrate, provincial governor, or other official, retainer of an emperor or king, attendant or servant of a private person, in post-classical Latin also book of liturgical readings (5th cent.), denoting various nobles and officials (see further at count n.2), (in music) part of a fugue (1592 or earlier), (in astronomy) smaller or fainter companion star (1712 or earlier) < com- com- prefix + the stem of īre to go (see exit v.2). Compare count n.2With sense 3 compare post-classical Latin arteria comes, vena comes (both 1543 or earlier). In plural form comites after the Latin plural form. N.E.D. (1891) gives the pronunciation as kōu·mīz) /ˈkəʊmiːz/.
1. Roman History. A high-ranking civil or military official of the Roman Empire; a powerful person in the service or under the leadership of an emperor or king; a high-ranking nobleman. Also: (Medieval History) a count, an earl. Cf. count n.2 Now historical.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man
earleOE
wyeOE
freeOE
nobleman?c1225
athelc1275
noblec1325
douzepersc1330
freelya1350
hathela1350
gentlec1400
nobleness1490
gentle blood1575
comes1583
altezza1595
birth1596
nobility1841
1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. xv. 407 Petronilla..was desired in marriage by Flaccus the Comes.
1672 P. Leycester Hist. Antiq. Cheshire i. iii, in Hist. Antiq. (1673) 99 The Comes had also his Vice-Comes, or Sheriff..for the Rule of his County, in those elder Ages.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Introd. p. lvi Have the Comitative Honour, or the same Place and Dignity which the Comites who had well discharg'd their trust, had conferr'd upon them.
1705 L. Echard Rom. Hist. III. i. 86 Romanus the Comes, employ'd all his Power to Impoverish the poor Africans, and enrich himself.
1778 G. Stuart View Society in Europe ii. i. 320 There might, indeed, be a comes who enjoyed not the property of the county, but only a part of it.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 283 That the sheriff was originally the deputy of the comes or earl.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. ii. 24 In the time of war the comites fought for their chief, at once his defenders and the rivals of his prowess.
1992 Vigiliae Christianae 46 32 The more extreme torture of [Priest] Basil [of Ancyra]..was carried out by another official, the comes Frumentinus.
2012 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 71 77/2 However, the comes Petrus..convinced his guards to let him draw close to the wall.
2. Astronomy. A smaller or fainter companion star in a binary or multiple system.
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the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by position > [noun] > companion
companion1656
comes1782
acolyte1844
1782 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 161 I have used the expression double-star in a few instances... I preferred that expression to any other, such as Comes, Companion, or Satellite; because, in my opinion, it is much too soon to form any theories of small stars revolving round large ones.
1824 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 10 335 For α Eagle, +21″.60 in R. Asc. + 17″.4 in Decl. For its comes, +35″.85 12″.7.
1881 Science 2 Apr. 153/1 There is a distant six-magnitude companion, of a sea-green color, as well as three smaller comites of magnitudes, 12½, 14, and 13 respectively.
1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets v. 125 The fainter component is sometimes called a comes.
2004 B. Argyle Observing & measuring Visual Double Stars iii. 31 (table) ζ Gem. An unequal, yellow and bluish-white couple on a rich background. Tiny comes.
3. Anatomy. A blood vessel closely accompanying another blood vessel or a nerve; spec. = vena comitans n. at vena n. 4. Cf. vena comes n. at vena n. 3 Now rare.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > types of
preparing vessela1618
pulmonary artery1679
arteriole1685
mammary1697
omphalomesenteric1728
collateral arteriesa1788
perforator1824
vas vasorum1848
comes1875
synangium1875
loop-artery1899
1838 J. Burns Princ. Surg. II. i. 323 The deeper lingual veins, or the comites, accompany the artery, one lying close by its upper, another by its under margin.
1875 T. Hayden Dis. Heart 7 The phrenic nerves likewise connect the pericardium with the cervical vertebræ, and their arterial comites with the subclavian arteries through the medium of the internal mammaries.
1963 Trans. Western Surg. Assoc. 70 154/2 Six brachial venous comites were used to replace brachial or axillary arteries.
2004 V. A. Fahey Vascular Nursing (ed. 4) ii. 22 In the forearm and calf, these [deep] veins usually form two venous comites that lie alongside named arteries.
4. Music. A part of a fugue introduced by the second voice, usually at a fifth above or (inversely) a fourth below the subject. Cf. answer n. 9b.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > fugue > answer
reply1597
answer1737
response1765
comes1838
repercussion1872
risposta1876
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 2/2 [Fugue] When the subject, or leader, or point, or dux..is comprised between the tonic and the dominant, the answer (or Comes) must be given in the notes contained between the dominant and the octave.
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 477/2 Dux, (leader), an early term for the first subject in a fugue—that which leads; the answer being the comes or companion.
1954 G. Reese Music in Renaissance 687 It was Calvisius who..introduced the nomenclature, dux and comes.
1995 Intégral 9 38 The comes starts its note c with b of the dux.
2011 Jrnl. Musicology 28 235 The comes, which enters after two measures at the octave above, is the middle voice.
5. A book containing the epistles and gospels read at mass. Now historical and rare.
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society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > lectionary > [noun]
reading bookOE
lectionary1780
comes1845
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xi. 206 The Comes, or book of Gospels and Epistles for all the Sundays and Festivals in the year.
1932 Burlington Mag. Sept. 139/2 The manuscript concludes with a comes, or calendar.
1943 Church Hist. 12 243 A list of required knowledge..included..the Lord's Prayer..the ecclesiastical calendar, the Gospels, and the lessons of the Comes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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