comminatio

Latin

Etymology

From comminor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.miˈnaː.ti.oː/, [kɔmːɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.miˈnat.t͡si.o/, [komːiˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

comminātiō f (genitive comminātiōnis); third declension

1. threat, menace

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	comminātiō	comminātiōnēs
Genitive	comminātiōnis	comminātiōnum
Dative	comminātiōnī	comminātiōnibus
Accusative	comminātiōnem	comminātiōnēs
Ablative	comminātiōne	comminātiōnibus
Vocative	comminātiō	comminātiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: comminazione
• Spanish: conminación

References

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