comparatio
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.paˈraː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.paˈrat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Etymology 1
From comparō (“to compare”) + -tiō.
Noun
comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension
- comparison
- comparātiō crīminis ― a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed
- (grammar) comparative
- relationship, relation between two or more things, arrangement
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
| genitive | comparātiōnis | comparātiōnum |
| dative | comparātiōnī | comparātiōnibus |
| accusative | comparātiōnem | comparātiōnēs |
| ablative | comparātiōne | comparātiōnibus |
| vocative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: comparació
- English: comparison, comparation
- French: comparaison
- Galician: comparación
- Irish: comparáid
- Italian: comparazione
- Portuguese: comparação
- Romanian: comparație
- Spanish: comparación
Etymology 2
From comparō (“to prepare, arrange, procure”) + -tiō.
Noun
comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
| genitive | comparātiōnis | comparātiōnum |
| dative | comparātiōnī | comparātiōnibus |
| accusative | comparātiōnem | comparātiōnēs |
| ablative | comparātiōne | comparātiōnibus |
| vocative | comparātiō | comparātiōnēs |
References
- “comparatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comparatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "comparatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- comparatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.