commentor

English

Etymology

From Middle English commentor, equivalent to comment (verb) +‎ -or.[1]

Noun

commentor (plural commentors)

  1. Alternative form of commenter.

References

  1. ^ “commenter | commentor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From comminīscor (“devise, contrive, invent”) +‎ -tō.

Verb

commentor (present infinitive commentārī, perfect active commentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate, discuss, write upon
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Letters to Friends:
      propter molestissimās occupātiōnēs meās, quibus sī mē relaxārō (nam ut plānē exsolvam nōn postulō), tē ipsum, quī multōs annōs nihil aliud commentāris, docēbō profectō quid sit hūmāniter vīvere.
      Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!
  2. to study or prepare for
Conjugation
   Conjugation of commentor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present commentor commentāris,
commentāre 		commentātur commentāmur commentāminī commentantur
imperfect commentābar commentābāris,
commentābāre 		commentābātur commentābāmur commentābāminī commentābantur
future commentābor commentāberis,
commentābere 		commentābitur commentābimur commentābiminī commentābuntur
perfect commentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect commentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect commentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present commenter commentēris,
commentēre 		commentētur commentēmur commentēminī commententur
imperfect commentārer commentārēris,
commentārēre 		commentārētur commentārēmur commentārēminī commentārentur
perfect commentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect commentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — commentāre — — commentāminī —
future — commentātor commentātor — — commentantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present commentārī — commentāns —
future commentātūrum esse — commentātūrus commentandus
perfect commentātum esse — commentātus —
future perfect commentātum fore — — —
perfect potential commentātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
commentandī commentandō commentandum commentandō commentātum commentātū
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Catalan: comentar
  • English: comment
  • Galician: comentar
  • Italian: commentare
  • Occitan: comentar
  • Portuguese: comentar
  • Romanian: comenta
  • Spanish: comentar

Etymology 2

From comminīscor (“I contrive”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Noun

commentor m (genitive commentōris); third declension

  1. inventor
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative commentor commentōrēs
genitive commentōris commentōrum
dative commentōrī commentōribus
accusative commentōrem commentōrēs
ablative commentōre commentōribus
vocative commentor commentōrēs

References

  • “commentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “commentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “commentor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to prepare, get up a speech: orationem commentari (Fam. 16. 26)
    • to write treatises in Latin: latine commentari
  • commentor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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