commendo

See also: commendò

Italian

Verb

commendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of commendare

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ mandō (“commit, intrust, enjoin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmen.doː/, [kɔmˈmɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmen.do/, [komˈmɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

commendō (present infinitive commendāre, perfect active commendāvī, supine commendātum); first conjugation

1. to commend, entrust to, commit
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.53–54:

     “ipse mihi Māvors ‘commendō moenia’ dīxit
     ‘haec tibi. tū pollēns urbe nepōtis eris.’”

     “Mars himself said to me, ‘I entrust these walls to you. You will be mighty in the city of your grandson.’”
     (The poetic voice is that of Juno (mythology); “Mavors” is an ancient form of the name of Juno’s son, Mars (mythology); Juno’s grandson is Romulus.)

2. to recommend

   Synonyms: suādeō, admoneō, moneō, conciliō, cēnseō, praedicō

Conjugation

Conjugation of commendō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commendō	commendās	commendat	commendāmus	commendātis	commendant
	imperfect	commendābam	commendābās	commendābat	commendābāmus	commendābātis	commendābant
	future	commendābō	commendābis	commendābit	commendābimus	commendābitis	commendābunt
	perfect	commendāvī	commendāvistī	commendāvit	commendāvimus	commendāvistis	commendāvērunt, commendāvēre
	pluperfect	commendāveram	commendāverās	commendāverat	commendāverāmus	commendāverātis	commendāverant
	future perfect	commendāverō	commendāveris	commendāverit	commendāverimus	commendāveritis	commendāverint
passive	present	commendor	commendāris, commendāre	commendātur	commendāmur	commendāminī	commendantur
	imperfect	commendābar	commendābāris, commendābāre	commendābātur	commendābāmur	commendābāminī	commendābantur
	future	commendābor	commendāberis, commendābere	commendābitur	commendābimur	commendābiminī	commendābuntur
	perfect	commendātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commendātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commendātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commendem	commendēs	commendet	commendēmus	commendētis	commendent
	imperfect	commendārem	commendārēs	commendāret	commendārēmus	commendārētis	commendārent
	perfect	commendāverim	commendāverīs	commendāverit	commendāverīmus	commendāverītis	commendāverint
	pluperfect	commendāvissem	commendāvissēs	commendāvisset	commendāvissēmus	commendāvissētis	commendāvissent
passive	present	commender	commendēris, commendēre	commendētur	commendēmur	commendēminī	commendentur
	imperfect	commendārer	commendārēris, commendārēre	commendārētur	commendārēmur	commendārēminī	commendārentur
	perfect	commendātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commendātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	commendā	—	—	commendāte	—
	future	—	commendātō	commendātō	—	commendātōte	commendantō
passive	present	—	commendāre	—	—	commendāminī	—
	future	—	commendātor	commendātor	—	—	commendantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		commendāre	commendāvisse	commendātūrum esse	commendārī	commendātum esse	commendātum īrī
participles		commendāns	—	commendātūrus	—	commendātus	commendandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		commendandī	commendandō	commendandum	commendandō	commendātum	commendātū

Descendants

• Aromanian: cumãndu, cumãndari
• Asturian: camentar
• Catalan: comandar
• French: commander
  • → English: command, commend
• Friulian: comandâ
• Italian: comandare, commendare
• Occitan: comandar
• Neapolitan: cumannà
• Portuguese: comandar, comendar, encomendar
• Romanian: comânda, comândare, comanda, comandare
• Sardinian: cumandai, cumandare, cumandhare, cumannare
• Sicilian: cumannari
• Spanish: comandar, comendar, encomendar
• Venetan: comandar
• Welsh: cymyn

References

• “commendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare
    
  • to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
    
• commendo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “commend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.