noun · femininethird declension
complōrātiō
complōrātiō f (genitive complōrātiōnis)
Classical[kɔm.pɫoːˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kom.ploˈrat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- loud lamentation or bemoaning, especially by a group of people
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | complōrātiō | complōrātiōnēs |
| genitive | complōrātiōnis | complōrātiōnum |
| dative | complōrātiōnī | complōrātiōnibus |
| accusative | complōrātiōnem | complōrātiōnēs |
| ablative | complōrātiōne | complōrātiōnibus |
| vocative | complōrātiō | complōrātiōnēs |
complōrātĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. comploro,
I. a loud, violent complaint, lamentation, esp. by several persons (several times in Liv., elsewhere rare;
not ante-Aug.): lamentabilis mulierum, Liv. 3, 47, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 6; 26, 29, 2; 40, 9, 7; 41, 11, 5; Just. 11, 9, 13; Gell. 10, 3, 7.—Of one person: sororis, Liv. 1, 26, 3.—b. With obj. -gen., a loud. violent bemoaning, bewailing of:
fletus... et conploratio sui patriaeque fregere tandem virum, Liv. 2, 40, 9: rei acerbae, Gell. 10, 3, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
complōrātiō (conp-) ōnis, f
comploro, a loud complaint, concerted wailing, lamentation: lamentabilis mulierum, L.: sororis, L.: sui patriaeque, bewailing, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin complōrātiō From complōrō (“to bemoan”) + -tiō.