commendator

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

commendator (plural commendators)

1. (obsolete) A cleric who held a commendam.

Latin

Etymology

commendō +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈdaː.tor/, [kɔmːɛn̪ˈd̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈda.tor/, [komːen̪ˈd̪äːt̪or]

Noun

commendātor m (genitive commendātōris); third declension

1. (rare) that which commends

   Synonym: commendātrīx

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	commendātor	commendātōrēs
genitive	commendātōris	commendātōrum
dative	commendātōrī	commendātōribus
accusative	commendātōrem	commendātōrēs
ablative	commendātōre	commendātōribus
vocative	commendātor	commendātōrēs

Verb

commendātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of commendō

References

• “commendator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• commendator 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)
• commendator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• commendator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016