commendator

commendator

English

Etymology

From Latin commendātor.

Noun

commendator (plural commendators)

  1. (obsolete) A cleric who held a commendam.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin commendātor

    From commendō + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    commendātor m (genitive commendātōris); third declension

    1. (rare) that which commends
      Synonym: commendātrīx

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative commendātor commendātōrēs
    genitive commendātōris commendātōrum
    dative commendātōrī commendātōribus
    accusative commendātōrem commendātōrēs
    ablative commendātōre commendātōribus
    vocative commendātor commendātōrēs

    Verb

    commendātor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of commendō

    References

    • “commendator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "commendator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “commendator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • commendator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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