LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

commemorātiō

commemorātiō f (genitive commemorātiōnis)
Classical[kɔm.mɛ.mɔˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kom.me.moˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. remembrance, commemoration

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecommemorātiōcommemorātiōnēs
genitivecommemorātiōniscommemorātiōnum
dativecommemorātiōnīcommemorātiōnibus
accusativecommemorātiōnemcommemorātiōnēs
ablativecommemorātiōnecommemorātiōnibus
vocativecommemorātiōcommemorātiōnēs

commĕmŏrātĭo (conm-), ōnis, f. id.,
I. a calling to mind, reminding, suggesting, commemorating, remembrance, mentioning (several times in Cic. and Quint.; elsewh. rare): istaec commemoratio Quasi exprobratio est immemoris benefici, * Ter. And. 1, 1, 16.—With obj.-gen.: antiquitatis, Cic. Or. 34, 120: nominis nostri, id. Arch. 11, 29: rei gestae, Quint. 5, 11, 6: frequens illorum, quae egerat in senatu, id. 11, 1, 18; Tac. A. 13, 3: fortitudinis, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: (Verres) in assiduā commemoratione omnibus flagitiorum fuit, every one was continually recounting his crimes, id. ib. 2, 1, 39, § 101: tuae virtutis, id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12, § 36: commemoratione hominum delectare, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 123.—With subj. -gen.: posteritatis, by posterity, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 1; cf.: aliquid suā commemoratione celebrare, id. Planc. 40, 95.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commemorātiō From commemorō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancommemoració
  • Englishcommemoration
  • Frenchcommémoration
  • Italiancommemorazione
  • Portuguesecomemoração
  • Romaniancomemorație
  • Spanishconmemoración
  • Galicianconmemoración

In English words that came into English from commemorātiō

  • commemorationcommemorātiō

Quick answers

What does commemorātiō mean in Latin?
commemorātiō, a noun, means “remembrance, commemoration”.
What is the genitive of commemorātiō?
The genitive singular is commemorātiōnis. commemorātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce commemorātiō?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.mɛ.mɔˈraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.me.moˈrat.t͡si.o].