commentum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commentus, commenta, commentum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
feigned, pretended, fabricated, devised, fictitious, invented;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. 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;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sollicitaeque ex animo sumus cruciamurque! 449-450 edepol commentum male, cumque eam rem in corde agito, nimio — minus..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...devortier dicam hospitio. Per. Euge euge, lepide, laudo commentum tuom. Pal. Vt si illic concriminatus sit advorsum militem..."Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...autem, Apoecides? AP. Quid ego iam nisi te commentum nimis astute intellego? EP. Iam igitur amota ei erit..."Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ALCESIMARCHVS Credo ego Amorem primum apud homines carnificinam commentum. hanc ego de me coniecturam domi facio, ni foris..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...miquidem hercle non fit veri simile; atque ipsis commentum placet. sed Mysis ab ea egreditur. at ego hinc..."Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...perfugio utentibus. IX. Sed id, quod Archytam Pythagoricum commentum esse atque fecisse traditur, neque minus admirabile neque tamen..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Visellius quamquam paucissimas faciat figuras, epicheirema tamen, quod commentum vocat, et rationem appellans epicheirema inter eas habet. Quod..."VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...probo, quod mihi pepercisti. tuum fuit hoc, inimice, commentum, occiso filio servare patrem. parcendi tamen mihi vel haec..."
