commiseratio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
commiseror (“to commiserate”) + -tiō
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.mi.seˈraː.ti.oː/, [kɔmːɪs̠ɛˈräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.mi.seˈrat.t͡si.o/, [komːis̬eˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
commiserātiō f (genitive commiserātiōnis); third declension
- (rhetoric) an appeal to compassion
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | commiserātiō | commiserātiōnēs |
| Genitive | commiserātiōnis | commiserātiōnum |
| Dative | commiserātiōnī | commiserātiōnibus |
| Accusative | commiserātiōnem | commiserātiōnēs |
| Ablative | commiserātiōne | commiserātiōnibus |
| Vocative | commiserātiō | commiserātiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: commiserazione
- Spanish: conmiseración
References[edit]
- “commiseratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commiseratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers