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