noun · femininethird declension
commūnītiō
commūnītiō f (genitive commūnītiōnis)
Classical[kɔm.muːˈniː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kom.muˈnit.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- preparation of a way (literal road or figurative pathway)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | commūnītiō | commūnītiōnēs |
| genitive | commūnītiōnis | commūnītiōnum |
| dative | commūnītiōnī | commūnītiōnibus |
| accusative | commūnītiōnem | commūnītiōnēs |
| ablative | commūnītiōne | commūnītiōnibus |
| vocative | commūnītiō | commūnītiōnēs |
commūnītĭo, ōnis, f. 1. communio.
I. Abstr., the making or preparing of a way; trop. = Gr. ὁδοποίησις:
anne autem principium aut rei totius, quae agetur, significationem habere debebit, aut aditum ad causam et communitionem, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—II. Concr., a fortification, Vitr. 10, 13, 1.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commūnītiō ōnis, f
1 communio.—Prop., road-making; hence, in rhet., an approach.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commūnītiō From commūniō + -tiō.