vicecomes

English

Etymology

From Latin vicecomes. Doublet of vicomte and viscount.

Noun

vicecomes (plural vicecomites)

1. (obsolete) A viscount.

Related terms

• vicecomital

Latin

Etymology

From vice +‎ comes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪˈkɛ.kɔ.mɛs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [viˈt͡ʃɛː.ko.mes]

Noun

vicecomes m (genitive vicecomitis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. sheriff
2. viscount

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vicecomes	vicecomitēs
genitive	vicecomitis	vicecomitum
dative	vicecomitī	vicecomitibus
accusative	vicecomitem	vicecomitēs
ablative	vicecomite	vicecomitibus
vocative	vicecomes	vicecomitēs

Descendants

• Catalan: vescomte
• Old French: visconte, viscounte (see there for further descendants)
• Occitan: vesconte
  • → Italian: visconte
• Portuguese: visconde
• Spanish: vizconde

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vicecomes”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• "vicecomes", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)