comparatio

Latin

Alternative forms

• conparātiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.paˈraː.ti.oː/, [kɔmpäˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.paˈrat.t͡si.o/, [kompäˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Etymology 1

From comparō (“to compare”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension

1. comparison

   comparātiō crīminis ― a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed

2. (grammar) comparative
3. relationship, relation between two or more things, arrangement

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	comparātiō	comparātiōnēs
genitive	comparātiōnis	comparātiōnum
dative	comparātiōnī	comparātiōnibus
accusative	comparātiōnem	comparātiōnēs
ablative	comparātiōne	comparātiōnibus
vocative	comparātiō	comparātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: comparació
• English: comparison, comparation
• French: comparaison
• Galician: comparación
• Irish: comparáid
• Italian: comparazione
• Portuguese: comparação
• Romanian: comparație
• Spanish: comparación

Etymology 2

From comparō (“to prepare, arrange, procure”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension

1. preparation
2. (Late Latin) acquisition, purchase

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	comparātiō	comparātiōnēs
genitive	comparātiōnis	comparātiōnum
dative	comparātiōnī	comparātiōnibus
accusative	comparātiōnem	comparātiōnēs
ablative	comparātiōne	comparātiōnibus
vocative	comparātiō	comparātiōnēs

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.