commenticiam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commenticius, commenticia, commenticium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
invented, devised, improvised; imaginary; fabricated/fictitious; forged, false;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...cladibus vindicaretur. Cuius rei, ne quis fabulosam aut commenticiam putet, auctor est Cornelius Balbus, familiarissimus Caesaris. Proximis diebus..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...atomus altera alteram posset attingere itaque ** attulit rem commenticiam: declinare dixit atomum perpaulum, quo nihil posset fieri minus..."