commenta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commentus, commenta, commentum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
feigned, pretended, fabricated, devised, fictitious, invented;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →commento, commentare, commentavi, commentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
delineate, sketch; (humorously) demonstrate on face (cudgel/beat);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →comminisco, comminiscere, comminisci, commentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
devise, think up, invent; fabricate; state/contrive falsely, allege, pretend;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →comminiscor, comminisci, commentus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
devise, think up, invent; fabricate; state/contrive falsely, allege, pretend;
abl. sg. perf. part.acc. pl. perf. part.nom. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part. - Entry →commentum, commenti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
invention; intention, design, scheme, device; fiction, fabrication; argument;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...autem videntur ab hominibus istis male sollertibus huiuscemodi commenta in Democriti nomen data nobilitatis auctoritatisque eius perfugio utentibus..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...potare nivem, sed aquam potare recentem De nive commenta est ingeniosa sitis. CXVIII Idem Massiliae fumos miscere nivalibus..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...geminos audes committere cunnos mentiturque uirum prodigiosa Venus. Commenta es dignum Thebano aenigmate monstrum..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Omnia ista ratio quidem, sed non recta ratio commenta est. Hominis enim, non sapientis inventa sunt, tam mehercules..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...antiquorum numerum reiciuntur cum aliquid novi luxuria commenta est quo ipsa se obrueret. At olim et pauca erant..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...opsoniis focos transferentium? Hoc enim iam luxuria commenta est: ne quis intepescat cibus, ne quid palato iam calloso..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...illitam et textam, et quidquid aliud praeter haec commenta saevitia est. Non est itaque mirum, si maximus huius..."Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...militem. is nunc dicitur venturus peregre; eo nunc commenta est dolum: peperisse simulat sese, ut me extrudat foras..."
