communio
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /komˈmuː.ni.oː/, [kɔmˈmuːnioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈmu.ni.o/, [komˈmuːnio]
Verb
commūniō (present infinitive commūnīre, perfect active commūnīvī, supine commūnītum); fourth conjugation
- To barricade
- To strengthen
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Found in Late Latin in ecclesiastical senses; from commūnis.
Noun
commūniō f (genitive commūniōnis); third declension
- communion (all senses)
- association, fellowship, community
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | commūniō | commūniōnēs |
Genitive | commūniōnis | commūniōnum |
Dative | commūniōnī | commūniōnibus |
Accusative | commūniōnem | commūniōnēs |
Ablative | commūniōne | commūniōnibus |
Vocative | commūniō | commūniōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: comunió
- English: communion
- French: communion
- Galician: comuñón
- Italian: comunione
- Norman: communion
- Portuguese: comunhão
- Spanish: comunión
References
- “communio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “communio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- communio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- communio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.