comparatio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === conparātiō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.paˈraː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.paˈrat.t͡si.o] === Etymology 1 === From comparō (“to compare”) +‎ -tiō. ==== Noun ==== comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension comparison comparātiō crīminis ― a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed (grammar) comparative relationship, relation between two or more things, arrangement ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From comparō (“to prepare, arrange, procure”) + -tiō. ==== Noun ==== comparātiō f (genitive comparātiōnis); third declension preparation (Late Latin) acquisition, purchase ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === 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, 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.