comparatio
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.paˈraː.ti.oː/, [kɔmpäˈräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.paˈrat.t͡si.o/, [kompäˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Etymology 1 edit
From comparō (“to compare”) + -tiō.
Noun edit
comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension
- comparison
- comparātiō crīminis ― a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed
- (grammar) comparative
- relationship, relation between two or more things, arrangement
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) construction
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) constituent
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) combination, conjunction
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
| Genitive | comparātiōnis | comparātiōnum |
| Dative | comparātiōnī | comparātiōnibus |
| Accusative | comparātiōnem | comparātiōnēs |
| Ablative | comparātiōne | comparātiōnibus |
| Vocative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: comparació
- English: comparison, comparation
- French: comparaison
- Galician: comparación
- Irish: comparáid
- Italian: comparazione
- Portuguese: comparação
- Romanian: comparație
- Spanish: comparación
Etymology 2 edit
From comparō (“to prepare, arrange, procure”) + -tiō.
Noun edit
comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
| Genitive | comparātiōnis | comparātiōnum |
| Dative | comparātiōnī | comparātiōnibus |
| Accusative | comparātiōnem | comparātiōnēs |
| Ablative | comparātiōne | comparātiōnibus |
| Vocative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
References edit
- “comparatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comparatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comparatio 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)
- comparatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.