comminiscor
Latin
Alternative forms
- conminīscor
Etymology
From con- + *minīscor, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.miˈniːs.kor/, [kɔmːɪˈniːs̠kɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.miˈnis.kor/, [komːiˈniskor]
Verb
comminīscor (present infinitive comminīscī, perfect active commentus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I devise, contrive, invent.
- Synonyms: inveniō, māchinor, struō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of comminīscor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | comminīscor | comminīsceris, comminīscere | comminīscitur | comminīscimur | comminīsciminī | comminīscuntur |
| imperfect | comminīscēbar | comminīscēbāris, comminīscēbāre | comminīscēbātur | comminīscēbāmur | comminīscēbāminī | comminīscēbantur | |
| future | comminīscar | comminīscēris, comminīscēre | comminīscētur | comminīscēmur | comminīscēminī | comminīscentur | |
| perfect | commentus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | commentus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | commentus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | comminīscar | comminīscāris, comminīscāre | comminīscātur | comminīscāmur | comminīscāminī | comminīscantur |
| imperfect | comminīscerer | comminīscerēris, comminīscerēre | comminīscerētur | comminīscerēmur | comminīscerēminī | comminīscerentur | |
| perfect | commentus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | commentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | comminīscere | — | — | comminīsciminī | — |
| future | — | comminīscitor | comminīscitor | — | — | comminīscuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | comminīscī | commentum esse | commentūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | comminīscēns | commentus | commentūrus | — | — | comminīscendus, comminīscundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| comminīscendī | comminīscendō | comminīscendum | comminīscendō | commentum | commentū | ||
Derived terms
- commentor
- commentum
References
- “comminiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comminiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comminiscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- comminiscor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- comment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911