suite Copy link Outline I. The retinue of a distinguished personage1. cŏmĭtatus, ūs, m.2. cŏmĭtes, um, c.3. mĭnistĕrium (a s. of attendants)4. fămĭlia (a s. of servants)5. expr. by qui with a verb, signifying to escortII. A s. of rooms • suite: I. The retinue of a distinguished personage: 1. cŏmĭtatus, ūs, m.: when the ambassadors were beginning to enter with a large s., quum magno c. legati ingredi inciperent, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 6: the imperial s., c. principis, Tac. H. 2, 65: also c., absol., id. A. 13, 46: v. also train, retinue, courtier (I.). 2. cŏmĭtes, um, c.: (a.) a s. of friends, relatives, etc., which accompanied magistrates into the provinces: Cic. Verr. 2, 10, 27. (b.) the attendants of distinguished private individuals: Suet. Caes. 4, med. 3. mĭnistĕrium (a s. of attendants): to enrol s.s for the magistrates, m. magistratibus conscribere (i. e. lictores, viatores, etc.), Tac. A. 13, 27: cf. Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 11. 4. fămĭlia (a s. of servants): Cic. pass. 5. expr. by qui with a verb, signifying to escort: e. g. qui comitantur, deducunt, etc. (v. to escort, accompany): v. also attendant (subs.). Phr.: he had a s. of 300 youths, trecentos juvenes circa se habebat, Liv. 29, 1, init.: cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 48: (also, without a verb, circa aliquem = οἱ περί τινα: all his s., omnes circa eum, Suet. Caes. 27): with a numerous s., bene comitatus, Cic. Att. 9, 2 (a.): with a scanty s., parum comitatus, id. Cat. 2, 2, 4: without a s., solus, incomitatus (v. alone, unaccompanied). II. A s. of rooms: perh. *conclavia continua s. inter se cohaerentia: *conclavium series s. ordo: v. also set (subs.).