communio

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

commoenio

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈmuː.ni.oː/, [kɔmˈmuːnioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmu.ni.o/, [komˈmuːnio]

Verb edit

commūniō (present infinitive commūnīre, perfect active commūnīvī, supine commūnītum); fourth conjugation

To barricade
To strengthen, to fortify
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.8:
  Eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, castella communit, quo facilius, si se invito transire conentur, prohibere possit.
  When that work was finished, he distributes garrisons, and closely fortifies redoubts, in order that he may the more easily intercept them, if they should attempt to cross over against his will.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of commūniō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commūniō	commūnīs	commūnit	commūnīmus	commūnītis	commūniunt
	imperfect	commūniēbam	commūniēbās	commūniēbat	commūniēbāmus	commūniēbātis	commūniēbant
	future	commūniam	commūniēs	commūniet	commūniēmus	commūniētis	commūnient
	perfect	commūnīvī	commūnīvistī	commūnīvit	commūnīvimus	commūnīvistis	commūnīvērunt, commūnīvēre
	pluperfect	commūnīveram	commūnīverās	commūnīverat	commūnīverāmus	commūnīverātis	commūnīverant
	future perfect	commūnīverō	commūnīveris	commūnīverit	commūnīverimus	commūnīveritis	commūnīverint
passive	present	commūnior	commūnīris, commūnīre	commūnītur	commūnīmur	commūnīminī	commūniuntur
	imperfect	commūniēbar	commūniēbāris, commūniēbāre	commūniēbātur	commūniēbāmur	commūniēbāminī	commūniēbantur
	future	commūniar	commūniēris, commūniēre	commūniētur	commūniēmur	commūniēminī	commūnientur
	perfect	commūnītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commūnītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commūnītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commūniam	commūniās	commūniat	commūniāmus	commūniātis	commūniant
	imperfect	commūnīrem	commūnīrēs	commūnīret	commūnīrēmus	commūnīrētis	commūnīrent
	perfect	commūnīverim	commūnīverīs	commūnīverit	commūnīverīmus	commūnīverītis	commūnīverint
	pluperfect	commūnīvissem	commūnīvissēs	commūnīvisset	commūnīvissēmus	commūnīvissētis	commūnīvissent
passive	present	commūniar	commūniāris, commūniāre	commūniātur	commūniāmur	commūniāminī	commūniantur
	imperfect	commūnīrer	commūnīrēris, commūnīrēre	commūnīrētur	commūnīrēmur	commūnīrēminī	commūnīrentur
	perfect	commūnītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commūnītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	commūnī	—	—	commūnīte	—
active	future	—	commūnītō	commūnītō	—	commūnītōte	commūniuntō
passive	present	—	commūnīre	—	—	commūnīminī	—
passive	future	—	commūnītor	commūnītor	—	—	commūniuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		commūnīre	commūnīvisse	commūnītūrum esse	commūnīrī	commūnītum esse	commūnītum īrī
participles		commūniēns	—	commūnītūrus	—	commūnītus	commūniendus, commūniundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		commūniendī	commūniendō	commūniendum	commūniendō	commūnītum	commūnītū

Derived terms edit

commūnītiō

Etymology 2 edit

Found in Late Latin in ecclesiastical senses; from commūnis.

Noun edit

commūniō f (genitive commūniōnis); third declension

communion (all senses)
association, fellowship, community

Declension edit

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 edit

Catalan: comunió
Old French: comunion
- French: communion
- → English: communion
Galician: comuñón
Italian: comunione
Norman: communion
Portuguese: comunhão
Romanian: comuniune
Sicilian: cumuniuni (older), cumunioni
Spanish: comunión
→ Welsh: cymun

References edit

“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.