commento, commentare, commentavi, commentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
delineate, sketch; (humorously) demonstrate on face (cudgel/beat);
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | commento | commentamus |
| 2 | commentas | commentatis |
| 3 | commentat | commentant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | commentare |
| active | perfect | commentavisse |
| passive | present | commentari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commenta | commentate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commentato | commentatote |
| 3 | commentato | commentanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commentare | commentamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | commentator | — |
| 3 | commentator | commentantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commentatus | commentati |
| Gen. | commentati | commentatorum |
| Dat. | commentato | — |
| Acc. | commentatum | commentatos |
| Voc. | commentate | commentati |
| Abl. | commentato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commentata | commentatae |
| Gen. | commentatae | commentatarum |
| Dat. | commentatae | — |
| Acc. | commentatam | commentatas |
| Voc. | commentata | commentatae |
| Abl. | commentata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commentatum | commentata |
| Gen. | commentati | commentatorum |
| Dat. | commentato | — |
| Acc. | commentatum | commentata |
| Voc. | commentatum | commentata |
| Abl. | commentato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commentandus | — |
| Gen. | commentandi | — |
| Dat. | commentando | — |
| Acc. | commentandum | — |
| Voc. | commentande | — |
| Abl. | commentando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commentanda | — |
| Gen. | commentandae | — |
| Dat. | commentandae | — |
| Acc. | commentandam | — |
| Voc. | commentanda | — |
| Abl. | commentanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | commentandum | — |
| Gen. | commentandi | — |
| Dat. | commentando | — |
| Acc. | commentandum | — |
| Voc. | commentandum | — |
| Abl. | commentando | — |
Supines
accusative: commentatum; ablative: commentatu
Examples
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...exigua impensa perducturum in Capitolium pollicenti, praemium pro commento non mediocre optulit, operam remisit, praefatus sineret se plebiculam..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...esse languorem? inventum est illum potuisse sanari. agedum commento tuo, senex, superbus exulta; habes quod liberis, quod parentibus..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...descendere ad animos sine aliquo commento miraculi non posset, simulat sibi cum dea Egeria congressus nocturnos esse; eius..."