(1 ocus). Also -(ḟ)acus. comgus, Keat.

adj I o, ā near, proximate; neighbouring; equidistant . Predic.: as comacus du bas, Ml. 40b9 . as comacus a mbás, 64a2 . comocus afogur díblínaib (of u and digamma), Sg. 6a3 . rondgab coimdiu comacus les `that he has a Lord near'. Ml. 30b11 . atcumacsi ┐ atcumsctha . . . na catha, Cog. 196.29 . Attrib.: hicómdail nalenab comocus `neighbouring children', Fél.² xcix 30 . comaicsi gl. uicinaeque (nationes), Ml. 26b11 . a foithrib na crich comfhogus, TTebe 4537 . na cenela comḟaigsi related, BB 416b12 . do bochtaib na cell comḟocus bai doib `the neighbouring churches', RC xxiv 64 § 26 . na gcinedhach gcomhfocus gusin teagh sin, Fl. Earls 114.26 . cidh nesa don indlighthech í ná don dlighthech, no cidh comfocus dóibh equidistant from them, O'D. 509 ( H 3.17, 413 ). Compar. as chomaicsiu gl. uiciniore, Ml. 145b2 . combad chomaicsiu side dodia gl. in vicinia Dei, 21d1 . comfhocsi . . . do thalmain indas do esca, PH 6988 . Superl. don chin dian ar comacsi in dibad, Laws iv 286.15 Comm. Adv. inchomocus gl. iuxta, Sg. 197a7 . `near by', 188a19 . gluaisid airdrinnaidh na speiri . . . co comfada ┐ go comhfogus da ceili equidistantly, Ir. Astr. Tr. 132.7 .

II As subst.

(a) proximity; relationship : ba crombaing caem a comḟagus ` relationship ', BB 50a38 . rannait iar comocus in proportion to their nearness of relationship, O'D. 548 ( H 3.17, 436 ). iar comfogais colla nearness of blood-relationship, O'Curry 2234 ( Eg. 88, 17(18)a ). fine teachta iar comfocus coibfine, ZCP xiv 372.13 ( Laws ii 282.z ). im comfogus Crist gossipred, Laws v 364.11 Comm. Attrib. g s. fo lin cenn comocuis `according to the number of kindred heads', Laws iv 284.4 . dibad cach cind comacuis, 284.2 . do cert comfocais `by right of relationship', 44.8 . coibhdelach comfocais don cintach near of kin to the debtor, O'D. 584 ( H 3.17, 446 ). a fine comogais `next of kin', Laws iv 128.5 . dá cháirdibh comhguis, Keat. Poems 133 .

(b) In concrete sense relative(s), stock; neighbour(s): im-fuich cach curu(d) a comfocuis contracts entered into by kinsmen, ZCP xiv 371.1 Hūi M. cona comḟocoss, Corp. Gen. 58.15 . bar mbrāithri ┐ bhar comhḟoiccsi `neighbours', RC xxv 392.17 . nocharad in comhfhocus amail hé féin, Lism. L. 4876 . is ionann comhgas nó comhfhogus ┐ gaol, Keat. i 68.45 .

In phr. i c.¤ (do) near (to): diar tigh fil i comoccus dun, Vita Br. 37 . i comfocus dona apstalaib, LU 1991 ( FA 6 ). i comḟocus ┐ i comḟocraib dóib, TBC-LL¹ 2434 . With gen.: i comfhacus a chesta, PH 1676 . a comhfhogus C[h]., ML² 356 .