commentor

English

Noun

commentor (plural commentors)

1. Alternative form of commenter

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmen.tor/, [kɔmˈmɛn̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmen.tor/, [komˈmɛn̪t̪or]

Etymology 1

From comminīscor (“devise, contrive, invent”) +‎ -tō.

Verb

commentor (present infinitive commentārī, perfect active commentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate, discuss, write upon
2. to study or prepare for

Conjugation

   Conjugation of commentor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commentor		commentāris, commentāre		commentātur		commentāmur		commentāminī		commentantur
	imperfect	commentābar		commentābāris, commentābāre		commentābātur		commentābāmur		commentābāminī		commentābantur
	future	commentābor		commentāberis, commentābere		commentābitur		commentābimur		commentābiminī		commentābuntur
	perfect	commentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commenter		commentēris, commentēre		commentētur		commentēmur		commentēminī		commententur
	imperfect	commentārer		commentārēris, commentārēre		commentārētur		commentārēmur		commentārēminī		commentārentur
	perfect	commentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		commentāre		—		—		commentāminī		—
	future	—		commentātor		commentātor		—		—		commentantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		commentārī			—			commentāns			—
future		commentātūrum esse			—			commentātūrus			commentandus
perfect		commentātum esse			—			commentātus			—
future perfect		commentātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		commentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		commentandī		commentandō		commentandum		commentandō		commentātum		commentātū

Derived terms

• commentārius
• commentātor
• commentātrīx

Descendants

• Catalan: comentar
• Galician: comentar
• Italian: commentare
• Occitan: comentar
• Portuguese: comentar
• Romanian: comenta
• Spanish: comentar

Etymology 2

From comminīscor (“I contrive”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Noun

commentor m (genitive commentōris); third declension

1. inventor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	commentor	commentōrēs
genitive	commentōris	commentōrum
dative	commentōrī	commentōribus
accusative	commentōrem	commentōrēs
ablative	commentōre	commentōribus
vocative	commentor	commentōrēs

References

• “commentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to prepare, get up a speech: orationem commentari (Fam. 16. 26)
    
  • to write treatises in Latin: latine commentari
    
• commentor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016