commentor

commentor

English

Etymology

From Middle English commentor, equivalent to comment (verb) +‎ -or.[1]

Noun

commentor (plural commentors)

  1. Alternative form of commenter.

References

  1. ^ “commenter | commentor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Latin comminīscor
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin commentor

    From comminīscor (“devise, contrive, invent”) + -tō.

    Verb

    commentor (present infinitive commentārī, perfect active commentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate, discuss, write upon
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Letters to Friends:
        propter molestissimās occupātiōnēs meās, quibus sī mē relaxārō (nam ut plānē exsolvam nōn postulō), tē ipsum, quī multōs annōs nihil aliud commentāris, docēbō profectō quid sit hūmāniter vīvere.
        Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!
    2. to study or prepare for
    Conjugation
       Conjugation of commentor (first conjugation, deponent)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present commentor commentāris,
    commentāre     		commentātur commentāmur commentāminī commentantur
    imperfect commentābar commentābāris,
    commentābāre     		commentābātur commentābāmur commentābāminī commentābantur
    future commentābor commentāberis,
    commentābere     		commentābitur commentābimur commentābiminī commentābuntur
    perfect commentātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect commentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect commentātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present commenter commentēris,
    commentēre     		commentētur commentēmur commentēminī commententur
    imperfect commentārer commentārēris,
    commentārēre     		commentārētur commentārēmur commentārēminī commentārentur
    perfect commentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect commentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — commentāre — — commentāminī —
    future — commentātor commentātor — — commentantor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present commentārī — commentāns —
    future commentātūrum esse — commentātūrus commentandus
    perfect commentātum esse — commentātus —
    future perfect commentātum fore — — —
    perfect potential commentātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    commentandī commentandō commentandum commentandō commentātum commentātū
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Catalan: comentar
    • English: comment
    • Galician: comentar
    • Italian: commentare
    • Occitan: comentar
    • Portuguese: comentar
    • Romanian: comenta
    • Spanish: comentar

    Etymology 2

    Etymology tree
    Latin comminīscor
    Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
    Proto-Italic *-tōr
    Latin -tor
    Latin commentor

      From comminīscor (“to contrive”) + -tor (“-er”).

      Noun

      commentor m (genitive commentōris); third declension

      1. inventor
      Declension

      Third-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative commentor commentōrēs
      genitive commentōris commentōrum
      dative commentōrī commentōribus
      accusative commentōrem commentōrēs
      ablative commentōre commentōribus
      vocative commentor commentōrēs

      References

      • “commentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “commentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • “commentor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
        • to prepare, get up a speech: orationem commentari (Fam. 16. 26)
        • to write treatises in Latin: latine commentari
      • commentor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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