commentor

English

Noun

commentor (plural commentors)

  1. Alternative form of commenter.

Latin

Pronunciation

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
Derived terms
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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016