commereo

Latin

Alternative forms

• (deponent form) commereor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mr̥-éh₁-yeti

Proto-Italic *merējō

Proto-Italic *merēō

Latin mereō

Latin commereō

From con- + mereō (“earn, merit, deserve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈmɛ.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈmɛː.re.o]

Verb

commereō (present infinitive commerēre, perfect active commeruī, supine commeritum); second conjugation

1. to merit or deserve (fully)
2. (with culpam) to err in, commit an offence or crime, perpetrate; to be guilty of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of commereō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commereō		commerēs		commeret		commerēmus		commerētis		commerent
	imperfect	commerēbam		commerēbās		commerēbat		commerēbāmus		commerēbātis		commerēbant
	future	commerēbō		commerēbis		commerēbit		commerēbimus		commerēbitis		commerēbunt
	perfect	commeruī		commeruistī		commeruit		commeruimus		commeruistis		commeruērunt, commeruēre
	pluperfect	commerueram		commeruerās		commeruerat		commeruerāmus		commeruerātis		commeruerant
	future perfect	commeruerō		commerueris		commeruerit		commeruerimus		commerueritis		commeruerint
passive	present	commereor		commerēris, commerēre		commerētur		commerēmur		commerēminī		commerentur
	imperfect	commerēbar		commerēbāris, commerēbāre		commerēbātur		commerēbāmur		commerēbāminī		commerēbantur
	future	commerēbor		commerēberis, commerēbere		commerēbitur		commerēbimur		commerēbiminī		commerēbuntur
	perfect	commeritus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commeritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commeritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	commeream		commereās		commereat		commereāmus		commereātis		commereant
	imperfect	commerērem		commerērēs		commerēret		commerērēmus		commerērētis		commerērent
	perfect	commeruerim		commeruerīs		commeruerit		commeruerīmus		commeruerītis		commeruerint
	pluperfect	commeruissem		commeruissēs		commeruisset		commeruissēmus		commeruissētis		commeruissent
passive	present	commerear		commereāris, commereāre		commereātur		commereāmur		commereāminī		commereantur
	imperfect	commerērer		commerērēris, commerērēre		commerērētur		commerērēmur		commerērēminī		commerērentur
	perfect	commeritus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commeritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		commerē		—		—		commerēte		—
	future	—		commerētō		commerētō		—		commerētōte		commerentō
passive	present	—		commerēre		—		—		commerēminī		—
	future	—		commerētor		commerētor		—		—		commerentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		commerēre			commerērī			commerēns			—
future		commeritūrum esse			commeritum īrī			commeritūrus			commerendus
perfect		commeruisse			commeritum esse			—			commeritus
future perfect		—			commeritum fore			—			—
perfect potential		commeritūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		commerendī		commerendō		commerendum		commerendō		commeritum		commeritū

Related terms

• dēmereō
• ēmereō
• mereō
• permereō
• prōmereō

References

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