commendo

See also: commendò

Italian

Verb

commendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of commendare

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ mandō (“commit, intrust, enjoin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmen.doː/, [kɔmˈmɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmen.do/, [komˈmɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

commendō (present infinitive commendāre, perfect active commendāvī, supine commendātum); first conjugation

1. to commend, entrust to, commit
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.53–54:

     “ipse mihi Māvors ‘commendō moenia’ dīxit
     ‘haec tibi. tū pollēns urbe nepōtis eris.’”

     “Mars himself said to me, ‘I entrust these walls to you. You will be mighty in the city of your grandson.’”
     (The poetic voice is that of Juno (mythology); “Mavors” is an ancient form of the name of Juno’s son, Mars (mythology); Juno’s grandson is Romulus.)

2. to recommend

   Synonyms: suādeō, admoneō, moneō, conciliō, cēnseō, praedicō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of commendō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commendō		commendās		commendat		commendāmus		commendātis		commendant
	imperfect	commendābam		commendābās		commendābat		commendābāmus		commendābātis		commendābant
	future	commendābō		commendābis		commendābit		commendābimus		commendābitis		commendābunt
	perfect	commendāvī		commendāvistī		commendāvit		commendāvimus		commendāvistis		commendāvērunt, commendāvēre
	pluperfect	commendāveram		commendāverās		commendāverat		commendāverāmus		commendāverātis		commendāverant
	future perfect	commendāverō		commendāveris		commendāverit		commendāverimus		commendāveritis		commendāverint
passive	present	commendor		commendāris, commendāre		commendātur		commendāmur		commendāminī		commendantur
	imperfect	commendābar		commendābāris, commendābāre		commendābātur		commendābāmur		commendābāminī		commendābantur
	future	commendābor		commendāberis, commendābere		commendābitur		commendābimur		commendābiminī		commendābuntur
	perfect	commendātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commendātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commendātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commendem		commendēs		commendet		commendēmus		commendētis		commendent
	imperfect	commendārem		commendārēs		commendāret		commendārēmus		commendārētis		commendārent
	perfect	commendāverim		commendāverīs		commendāverit		commendāverīmus		commendāverītis		commendāverint
	pluperfect	commendāvissem		commendāvissēs		commendāvisset		commendāvissēmus		commendāvissētis		commendāvissent
passive	present	commender		commendēris, commendēre		commendētur		commendēmur		commendēminī		commendentur
	imperfect	commendārer		commendārēris, commendārēre		commendārētur		commendārēmur		commendārēminī		commendārentur
	perfect	commendātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commendātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		commendā		—		—		commendāte		—
	future	—		commendātō		commendātō		—		commendātōte		commendantō
passive	present	—		commendāre		—		—		commendāminī		—
	future	—		commendātor		commendātor		—		—		commendantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		commendāre			commendārī			commendāns			—
future		commendātūrum esse			commendātum īrī			commendātūrus			commendandus
perfect		commendāvisse			commendātum esse			—			commendātus
future perfect		—			commendātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		commendātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		commendandī		commendandō		commendandum		commendandō		commendātum		commendātū

Descendants

• Aromanian: cumãndu, cumãndari
• Asturian: camentar
• Catalan: comandar
• French: commander
  • → English: command, commend
• Friulian: comandâ
• Italian: comandare, commendare
• Occitan: comandar
• Neapolitan: cumannà
• Portuguese: comandar, comendar, encomendar
• Romanian: comânda, comândare, comanda, comandare
• Sardinian: cumandai, cumandare, cumandhare, cumannare
• Sicilian: cumannari
• Spanish: comandar, comendar, encomendar
• Venetan: comandar
• Welsh: cymyn

References

• “commendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare
    
  • to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
    
• commendo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “commend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.