accommodare

Accommodare is a Latin verb of the first conjugation meaning to make suitable, to fit, or to adjust to a need or circumstance. It can also mean to arrange or to provide lodging or arrangements for someone.

Etymology: The verb is built on the root commodus (convenient, suitable) with the -āre suffix; the related noun accommodātiō or accommodātiōn- yields accommodation, and the English verb accommodate shares its origin with this Latin verb.

Conjugation: Principal parts are accommodō, accommodāre, accommodāvī, accommodātum. As a regular 1st-conjugation verb, its present indicative forms are: accommodō, accommodās, accommodat, accommodāmus, accommodātis, accommodant. Imperfect: accommodābam, accommodābās, accommodābat, accommodābāmus, accommodābātis, accommodābant. Perfect: accommodāvī, accommodāvistī, accommodāvit, accommodāvimus, accommodāvistis, accommodāvērunt. The supine is accommodātum; participles include accommodāns (present participle) and accommodātum (supine/ perfect passive participle).

Usage: In Classical Latin, accommodare applies to making something suitable or fitting, to adjusting plans or arrangements, and to providing lodging or accommodations for someone. It can take a direct object such as res or casus, depending on context, and often expresses giving shelter or fitting to a need, as in phrases meaning “to accommodate guests” or “to accommodate a request.”

See also: Accommodation (accommodātiō), Accommodate (English cognate).