commentor
English
Noun
commentor (plural commentors)
- Alternative form of commenter.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈmɛn.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈmɛn̪.t̪or]
Etymology 1
From comminīscor (“devise, contrive, invent”) + -tō.
Verb
commentor (present infinitive commentārī, perfect active commentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate, discuss, write upon
- to study or prepare for
Conjugation
Conjugation of commentor (first conjugation, deponent)
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
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
- to prepare, get up a speech: orationem commentari (Fam. 16. 26)
- 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