communio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From con- +‎ mūniō.

Pronunciation

Verb

commūniō (present infinitive commūnīre, perfect active commūnīvī, supine commūnītum); fourth conjugation

  1. To barricade
  2. To strengthen, to fortify
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.8:
      Eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, castella communit, quo facilius, si se invito transire conentur, prohibere possit.
      When that work was finished, he distributes garrisons, and closely fortifies redoubts, in order that he may the more easily intercept them, if they should attempt to cross over against his will.
Conjugation
   Conjugation of commūniō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present commūniō commūnīs commūnit commūnīmus commūnītis commūniunt
imperfect commūniēbam commūniēbās commūniēbat commūniēbāmus commūniēbātis commūniēbant
future commūniam commūniēs commūniet commūniēmus commūniētis commūnient
perfect commūnīvī commūnīvistī commūnīvit commūnīvimus commūnīvistis commūnīvērunt,
commūnīvēre
pluperfect commūnīveram commūnīverās commūnīverat commūnīverāmus commūnīverātis commūnīverant
future perfect commūnīverō commūnīveris commūnīverit commūnīverimus commūnīveritis commūnīverint
passive present commūnior commūnīris,
commūnīre		 commūnītur commūnīmur commūnīminī commūniuntur
imperfect commūniēbar commūniēbāris,
commūniēbāre		 commūniēbātur commūniēbāmur commūniēbāminī commūniēbantur
future commūniar commūniēris,
commūniēre		 commūniētur commūniēmur commūniēminī commūnientur
perfect commūnītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect commūnītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect commūnītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present commūniam commūniās commūniat commūniāmus commūniātis commūniant
imperfect commūnīrem commūnīrēs commūnīret commūnīrēmus commūnīrētis commūnīrent
perfect commūnīverim commūnīverīs commūnīverit commūnīverīmus commūnīverītis commūnīverint
pluperfect commūnīvissem commūnīvissēs commūnīvisset commūnīvissēmus commūnīvissētis commūnīvissent
passive present commūniar commūniāris,
commūniāre		 commūniātur commūniāmur commūniāminī commūniantur
imperfect commūnīrer commūnīrēris,
commūnīrēre		 commūnīrētur commūnīrēmur commūnīrēminī commūnīrentur
perfect commūnītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect commūnītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — commūnī — — commūnīte —
future — commūnītō commūnītō — commūnītōte commūniuntō
passive present — commūnīre — — commūnīminī —
future — commūnītor commūnītor — — commūniuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives commūnīre commūnīvisse commūnītūrum esse commūnīrī commūnītum esse commūnītum īrī
participles commūniēns — commūnītūrus — commūnītus commūniendus,
commūniundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
commūniendī commūniendō commūniendum commūniendō commūnītum commūnītū
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Found in Late Latin in ecclesiastical senses; from commūnis.

Noun

commūniō f (genitive commūniōnis); third declension

  1. communion (all senses)
  2. association, fellowship, community
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commūniō commūniōnēs
Genitive commūniōnis commūniōnum
Dative commūniōnī commūniōnibus
Accusative commūniōnem commūniōnēs
Ablative commūniōne commūniōnibus
Vocative commūniō commūniōnēs
Descendants
  • Catalan: comunió
  • Old French: comunion
  • Galician: comuñón
  • Italian: comunione
  • Norman: communion
  • Portuguese: comunhão
  • Romanian: comuniune
  • Sicilian: cumuniuni (older), cumunioni
  • Spanish: comunión
  • → Welsh: cymun

References
  • “communio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “communio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • communio 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)
  • communio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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