commentatio

Latin

Etymology

From commentor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈtaː.ti.oː/, [kɔmːɛn̪ˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈtat.t͡si.o/, [komːen̪ˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

commentātiō f (genitive commentātiōnis); third declension

1. meditation, studying
2. treatise, dissertation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	commentātiō	commentātiōnēs
genitive	commentātiōnis	commentātiōnum
dative	commentātiōnī	commentātiōnibus
accusative	commentātiōnem	commentātiōnēs
ablative	commentātiōne	commentātiōnibus
vocative	commentātiō	commentātiōnēs

References

• “commentatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commentatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commentatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• commentatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016