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Latin
Pronunciation
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.
Descendants
Etymology 2
From comparō (“to prepare, arrange, procure”) + -tiō.
Noun
comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension
- preparation
- (Late Latin) acquisition, purchase
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.