English edit

Etymology edit

Latin commorātiō. Doublet of commoration.

Noun edit

commoratio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of several synonyms to emphasize something.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From commoror +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

commorātiō f (genitive commorātiōnis); third declension

  1. stay (at a place)
  2. delay
  3. residence

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commorātiō commorātiōnēs
Genitive commorātiōnis commorātiōnum
Dative commorātiōnī commorātiōnibus
Accusative commorātiōnem commorātiōnēs
Ablative commorātiōne commorātiōnibus
Vocative commorātiō commorātiōnēs

References edit

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