commendo, commendare, commendavi, commendatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
entrust, give in trust; commit; recommend, commend to; point out, designate;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | commendo | commendamus |
| 2 | commendas | commendatis |
| 3 | commendat | commendant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | commendare |
| active | perfect | commendavisse |
| passive | present | commendari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commenda | commendate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commendato | commendatote |
| 3 | commendato | commendanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commendare | commendamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commendator | — |
| 3 | commendator | commendantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commendatus | commendati |
| Gen. | commendati | commendatorum |
| Dat. | commendato | — |
| Acc. | commendatum | commendatos |
| Voc. | commendate | commendati |
| Abl. | commendato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commendata | commendatae |
| Gen. | commendatae | commendatarum |
| Dat. | commendatae | — |
| Acc. | commendatam | commendatas |
| Voc. | commendata | commendatae |
| Abl. | commendata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commendatum | commendata |
| Gen. | commendati | commendatorum |
| Dat. | commendato | — |
| Acc. | commendatum | commendata |
| Voc. | commendatum | commendata |
| Abl. | commendato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commendandus | — |
| Gen. | commendandi | — |
| Dat. | commendando | — |
| Acc. | commendandum | — |
| Voc. | commendande | — |
| Abl. | commendando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commendanda | — |
| Gen. | commendandae | — |
| Dat. | commendandae | — |
| Acc. | commendandam | — |
| Voc. | commendanda | — |
| Abl. | commendanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commendandum | — |
| Gen. | commendandi | — |
| Dat. | commendando | — |
| Acc. | commendandum | — |
| Voc. | commendandum | — |
| Abl. | commendando | — |
Supines
accusative: commendatum; ablative: commendatu
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...egomet me novi et peccatum meum: vobis commendo Phanium et vitam meam.-- {Ph.} Geta, quid nunc fiet..."Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...adiutrix sies, ego me tuae commendo et committo fide[i], te mihi patronam capio, Thai', te obsecro: emoriar..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Hanc tibi, Fronto pater, genetrix Flaccilla, puellam oscula commendo deliciasque meas, paruola ne nigras horrescat Erotion umbras oraque..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...potes hoc tenuis praeda sub hoste mori. Commendo tibi, Quintiane, nostros — nostros dicere si tamen libellos possum, quos..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Neminem de supremo officio rogo, nulli reliquias meas commendo. Ne quis insepultus esset rerum natura prospexit: quem saevitia..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...commendas mihi? ad Epicureas voces delaberis?' Otium tibi commendo, in quo maiora agas et pulchriora quam quae reliquisti..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...lectum stratum. Nam Fortunatam meam heredem facio, et commendo illam omnibus amicis meis. Et haec ideo omnia publico..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...erus nunc es, tu patronus, tu pater, tibi commendo spes opesque meas. PHIL. Mandavisti satis. satin habes, mandata..."