LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

commemorō

commemorō (present infinitive commemorāre, perfect active commemorāvī, supine commemorātum)
Classical[kɔmˈmɛ.mɔ.roː]Ecclesiastical[komˈmɛː.mo.ro]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to recall
  2. to remember
  3. to mention, relate, recount
    Quid ego vitium ortūs, satūs, incrēmenta commemorem? Satiārī dēlectātiōne nōn possum, ut meae senectūtis requiem oblectāmentumque nōscātis.Why should I even mention the origins, planting, and growth of vines? I cannot get enough of this pleasure — [I say this] so that you all may understand [what constitutes] the repose and joy of my old age. (This is a deliberative subjunctive, used to ask a rhetorical question.)106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.52
  4. to place on record

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

memorō, in memoriam revocō.
commemorō -āre — in Mille Verba, Schola

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.commemorōcommemorābamcommemorābōcommemorāvīcommemorāveramcommemorāverō
commemorārō
2nd sg.commemorāscommemorābāscommemorābiscommemorāvistī
commemorāstī		commemorāverās
commemorārās		commemorāveris
3rd sg.commemoratcommemorābatcommemorābitcommemorāvitcommemorāverat
commemorārat		commemorāverit
commemorārit
1st pl.commemorāmuscommemorābāmuscommemorābimuscommemorāvimuscommemorāverāmuscommemorāverimus
commemorārimus
2nd pl.commemorātiscommemorābātiscommemorābitiscommemorāvistis
commemorāstis		commemorāverātis
commemorārātis		commemorāveritis
commemorāritis
3rd pl.commemorantcommemorābantcommemorābuntcommemorāvērunt
commemorāvēre, commemorārunt		commemorāverant
commemorārant		commemorāverint
commemorārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.commemoremcommemorāremcommemorāverim
commemorārim		commemorāvissem
commemorāssem
2nd sg.commemorēscommemorārēscommemorāverīscommemorāvissēs
commemorāssēs
3rd sg.commemoretcommemorāretcommemorāverit
commemorārit		commemorāvisset
commemorāsset
1st pl.commemorēmuscommemorārēmuscommemorāverīmus
commemorārīmus		commemorāvissēmus
commemorāssēmus
2nd pl.commemorētiscommemorārētiscommemorāverītis
commemorārītis		commemorāvissētis
commemorāssētis
3rd pl.commemorentcommemorārentcommemorāverint
commemorārint		commemorāvissent
commemorāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.commemororcommemorābarcommemorābor
2nd sg.commemorāris
commemorāre		commemorābāris
commemorābāre		commemorāberis
commemorābere
3rd sg.commemorāturcommemorābāturcommemorābitur
1st pl.commemorāmurcommemorābāmurcommemorābimur
2nd pl.commemorāminīcommemorābāminīcommemorābiminī
3rd pl.commemoranturcommemorābanturcommemorābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.commemorercommemorārer
2nd sg.commemorēris
commemorēre		commemorārēris
commemorārēre
3rd sg.commemorēturcommemorārētur
1st pl.commemorēmurcommemorārēmur
2nd pl.commemorēminīcommemorārēminī
3rd pl.commemorenturcommemorārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.commemorācommemorāre
pres. 2nd pl.commemorātecommemorāminī
fut. 2nd sg.commemorātōcommemorātor
fut. 3rd sg.commemorātōcommemorātor
fut. 2nd pl.commemorātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.commemorantōcommemorantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecommemorārecommemorārī
perfect infinitivecommemorāvisse
commemorāsse		commemorātum esse
future infinitivecommemorātūrum essecommemorātum īrī
present participlecommemorāns—
perfect participle—commemorātus
commemorāta, commemorātā, commemorātae, commemorātam, commemorātārum, commemorātās, commemorātī, commemorātōrum, commemorātōs
future participlecommemorātūrus
commemorātūra, commemorātūrā, commemorātūrae, commemorātūram, commemorātūrārum, commemorātūrās, commemorātūre, commemorātūrī, commemorātūrīs, commemorātūrō, commemorātūrōrum, commemorātūrōs, commemorātūrum		commemorandus
gerundcommemorandī, commemorandō, commemorandumsupinecommemorātum, commemorātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare
to cite a person or a thing as an example.

com-mĕmŏro (conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to recall an object to memory in all its particulars.
I. Rarely of one's self, to call to mind, be mindful of, keep in mind, remember; with acc. and inf. or rel. -clause: quid quoque die dixerim, audierim, egerim, commemoro vesperi, Cic. Sen. 11, 38.—With acc. and inf.: cottidie commemorabam te unum in tanto exercitu mihi fuisse adsensorem, Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1: vitandi rumoris causā, quo patrem Caesarem vulgo reprehensum commemorabam, Suet. Aug. 45.—More freq.,
II. Of others, to bring something to one's recollection by speaking of it, to remind of: aliquid, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 36; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 14: ad commemorandam renovandamque amicitiam missi, Liv. 27, 4, 10: beneficia meminisse debet is, in quem collata sunt, non commemorare qui contulit, Cic. Lael. 20, 71.—Hence (and so most freq.),
B. Without the access. idea of remembering, to make mention of something, to recount, relate; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., rel.clause, or with de.
(a). With acc.: id interdum furtim nomen commemorabitur, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 29: res, Lucr. 6, 938: causas, Caes. B. C. 3, 66: humanam societatem, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31: Xenophontis illam jucunditatem, Quint. 10, 1, 82: o commemoranda judicia! Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18.—
(b). With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.—
(g). With rel.clause: quid ego nunc commemorem Singillatim, qualis ego in hunc fuerim? Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 42; 4, 5, 3: chlamydem hanc commemores quanti conducta'st? Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 88.—
(d). With de: omnes de tuā virtute commemorant, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 37; so id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; id. Font. 14, 30; Nep. Dion, 6, 2 al.; cf.: multa de aliqua re, id. Hann. 2, 3; id. Att. 17, 1.—(ε) With in: quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt, multo magis commemorabuntur in regibus, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.: cum legent in ejus virtutibus commemorari saltasse eum commode, Nep. praef. § 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincommemorō

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der.? Latin memor Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin memorō Latin commemorō From con- + memorō.

Descendants
  • Catalancommemorar
  • Englishcommemorate
  • Frenchcommémorer
  • Italiancommemorare
  • Portuguesecomemorar
  • Romaniancomemora
  • Spanishconmemorar
  • Asturianconmemorar
  • Galicianconmemorar
  • Lombardcomemorà

In English words that came into English from commemorō

  • commemoratecommemorātus
  • commemorationcommemorātiō
  • commemorativecommemorātīvus
  • commemoratorycommemorātōrius
  • commemorablecommemorabilis

Quick answers

What does commemorō mean in Latin?
commemorō, a verb, means “to recall; to remember; to mention, relate, recount”.
What are the principal parts of commemorō?
commemorō, commemorāre, commemorāvī, commemorātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce commemorō?
In classical Latin, [kɔmˈmɛ.mɔ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [komˈmɛː.mo.ro].
Where does commemorō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin commemorō.
Which English words come from commemorō?
English words that go back to Latin commemorō include commemorate, commemoration, commemorative, commemoratory and commemorable.