LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

commentātiō

commentātiō f (genitive commentātiōnis)
Classical[kɔm.mɛnˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kom.menˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. meditation, studying
  2. treatise, dissertation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecommentātiōcommentātiōnēs
genitivecommentātiōniscommentātiōnum
dativecommentātiōnīcommentātiōnibus
accusativecommentātiōnemcommentātiōnēs
ablativecommentātiōnecommentātiōnibus
vocativecommentātiōcommentātiōnēs

commentātĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. Abstr., a diligent meditation upon something, a studying, a careful preparation, μελέτη (so perh. only in Cic.): loci multa commentatione atque meditatione parati, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118.—In plur., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257; id. Brut. 71, 249; 27, 105: commentatio inclusa in veritatis lucem proferenda est, id. de Or. 1, 34, 157.—*
2. As rhet. fig., = ἐνθύμημα, Quint. 5, 10, 1.—
B. Trop.: tota philosophorum vita, ut ait idem (Socrates), commentatio mortis est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 74 (transl. of Plat. Phaed. § 12: Τὸ μελέτημα αὐτὸ τοῦτό ἐστι τῶν φιλοσόφων, λύσις καὶ χωρισμὸς Ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος), commentatio ferendi doloris, id. ib. 2, 18, 42.—
II. Concr., a learned work, treatise, dissertation, description (so perh. not ante-Aug.): commentatio (de naturā animalium), Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; so, Indiae, id. 6, 17, 21, § 60. —In plur., Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 7; Gell. praef. § 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commentātiō From commentor + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does commentātiō mean in Latin?
commentātiō, a noun, means “meditation, studying; treatise, dissertation”.
What is the genitive of commentātiō?
The genitive singular is commentātiōnis. commentātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce commentātiō?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.mɛnˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.menˈtat.t͡si.o].