commutatio

commutatio

Latin

Etymology

    From commūtō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    commūtātiō f (genitive commūtātiōnis); third declension

    1. change, alteration, reversal
    2. upheaval
    3. exchange
    4. interchange

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative commūtātiō commūtātiōnēs
    genitive commūtātiōnis commūtātiōnum
    dative commūtātiōnī commūtātiōnibus
    accusative commūtātiōnem commūtātiōnēs
    ablative commūtātiōne commūtātiōnibus
    vocative commūtātiō commūtātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: commutation
    • Italian: commutazione
    • Russian: коммута́ция (kommutácija)
    • Spanish: conmutación

    References

    • commutatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • commutatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • commutatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • the succession of the four seasons: commutationes temporum quadripartitae