commendatio

Latin

Etymology

From commendō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈdaː.ti.oː/, [kɔmːɛn̪ˈd̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈdat.t͡si.o/, [komːen̪ˈd̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

commendātiō f (genitive commendātiōnis); third declension

1. committal
2. praise, commendation
3. approval, esteem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	commendātiō	commendātiōnēs
Genitive	commendātiōnis	commendātiōnum
Dative	commendātiōnī	commendātiōnibus
Accusative	commendātiōnem	commendātiōnēs
Ablative	commendātiōne	commendātiōnibus
Vocative	commendātiō	commendātiōnēs

References

• “commendatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commendatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commendatio 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)
• commendatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.