commoratio

English

Etymology

From Latin commorātiō. Doublet of commoration.

Noun

commoratio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) The use of several synonyms to emphasize something.

Latin

Etymology

From commoror +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.moˈraː.ti.oː/, [kɔmːɔˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.moˈrat.t͡si.o/, [komːoˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

commorātiō f (genitive commorātiōnis); third declension

1. stay (at a place)
2. delay
3. residence

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	commorātiō	commorātiōnēs
genitive	commorātiōnis	commorātiōnum
dative	commorātiōnī	commorātiōnibus
accusative	commorātiōnem	commorātiōnēs
ablative	commorātiōne	commorātiōnibus
vocative	commorātiō	commorātiōnēs

References

• “commoratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commoratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commoratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.