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Latin
Etymology 1
From con- + mūniō.
Pronunciation
Verb
commūniō (present infinitive commūnīre, perfect active commūnīvī, supine commūnītum); fourth conjugation
- To barricade
- To strengthen, to fortify
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.8:
- Eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, castella communit, quo facilius, si se invito transire conentur, prohibere possit.
- When that work was finished, he distributes garrisons, and closely fortifies redoubts, in order that he may the more easily intercept them, if they should attempt to cross over against his will.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Found in Late Latin in ecclesiastical senses; from commūnis.
Noun
commūniō f (genitive commūniōnis); third declension
- communion (all senses)
- association, fellowship, community
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “communio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “communio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- communio 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)
- communio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.