commiseratio

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Latin

Etymology

commiseror (to commiserate) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

Noun

commiserātiō f (genitive commiserātiōnis); third declension

  1. (rhetoric) an appeal to compassion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commiserātiō commiserātiōnēs
Genitive commiserātiōnis commiserātiōnum
Dative commiserātiōnī commiserātiōnibus
Accusative commiserātiōnem commiserātiōnēs
Ablative commiserātiōne commiserātiōnibus
Vocative commiserātiō commiserātiōnēs

Descendants

  • Italian: commiserazione
  • Spanish: conmiseración

References

  • commiseratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • commiseratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers