noun · femininethird declension
cōmissātiō
cōmissātiō f (genitive cōmissātiōnis)
Classical[koː.mɪsˈsaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ko.misˈsat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- carousing, merrymaking, feasting, revelry
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Epulæ · Convivium · Dapes · Epulum · Comissatio
Epulæ is the general expression, the meal, whether frugal or sumptuous, whether en famille or with guests, at home or in public; convivium is a social meal, a convivial meal; dapes (from δάψαι, δεῖπνον), a religious meal, a meal of offerings; epulum, a solemn meal, mostly political, a meal in honor of something, a festival; comissatio (from κομάζειν), a gormandizing meal, a feast. (v. 195.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōmissātiō | cōmissātiōnēs |
| genitive | cōmissātiōnis | cōmissātiōnum |
| dative | cōmissātiōnī | cōmissātiōnibus |
| accusative | cōmissātiōnem | cōmissātiōnēs |
| ablative | cōmissātiōne | cōmissātiōnibus |
| vocative | cōmissātiō | cōmissātiōnēs |
cōmissātĭo (cōmess-), ōnis, f. id.,
I. a Bacchanalian revel, and the succeeding nocturnal procession with torches and music, a revelling, rioting, Cic. Mur. 6, 13; Liv. 40, 13, 3; Suet. Calig. 55; Mart. 12, 48, 11; Gell. 1, 9, 9.—In plur., Cic. Cael. 15, 35; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll.; Liv. 1, 57, 5; Suet. Vit. 13; id. Tit. 7; Sen. Ben. 6, 32, 1; id. Cons. ad Helv. 10, 9; id. Ep. 51, 1.—The tropes tempestas comissationis and comissatio tempestatis are censured, the former as too bold and the latter as too feeble, by Cic., de Or. 3, 41, 164.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōmissātiō (cōmess-) ōnis, f
comissor, a Bacchanalian revel, revelry, C., L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōmissātiō From cōmissor + -tiō.