commento
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commentus, commenta, commentum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
feigned, pretended, fabricated, devised, fictitious, invented;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (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. ind. 1st - 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.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. 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.abl. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part. - Entry →commentum, commenti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
invention; intention, design, scheme, device; fiction, fabrication; argument;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- G
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...descendere ad animos sine aliquo commento miraculi non posset, simulat sibi cum dea Egeria congressus nocturnos esse; eius..."
