LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

commiserātiō

commiserātiō f (genitive commiserātiōnis)
Classical[kɔm.mɪ.sɛˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kom.mi.s̬eˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. rhetorican appeal to compassion

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecommiserātiōcommiserātiōnēs
genitivecommiserātiōniscommiserātiōnum
dativecommiserātiōnīcommiserātiōnibus
accusativecommiserātiōnemcommiserātiōnēs
ablativecommiserātiōnecommiserātiōnibus
vocativecommiserātiōcommiserātiōnēs

commĭsĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. commiseror;
I. in rhetoric, a part of an oration intended to excite compassion, Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 125; 3, 58, 219; * Quint. 10, 1, 107; Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commiserātiō From commiseror (“to commiserate”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancommiseració
  • Italiancommiserazione
  • Portuguesecomiseração
  • Spanishconmiseración
  • Frenchcommisérationfrom Middle French commisération
  • Romaniancomizerațiefrom Middle French commisération
  • Englishcommiserationfrom Middle French commisération
  • Galicianconmiseración

Quick answers

What does commiserātiō mean in Latin?
commiserātiō, a noun, means “an appeal to compassion”.
What is the genitive of commiserātiō?
The genitive singular is commiserātiōnis. commiserātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce commiserātiō?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.mɪ.sɛˈraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.mi.s̬eˈrat.t͡si.o].