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
- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sollicitaeque ex animo sumus cruciamurque! 449-450 edepol commentum male, cumque eam rem in corde agito, nimio — minus..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...devortier dicam hospitio. Per. Euge euge, lepide, laudo commentum tuom. Pal. Vt si illic concriminatus sit advorsum militem..." - T
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...autem, Apoecides? AP. Quid ego iam nisi te commentum nimis astute intellego? EP. Iam igitur amota ei erit..." - T
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ALCESIMARCHVS Credo ego Amorem primum apud homines carnificinam commentum. hanc ego de me coniecturam domi facio, ni foris..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...miquidem hercle non fit veri simile; atque ipsis commentum placet. sed Mysis ab ea egreditur. at ego hinc..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...perfugio utentibus. IX. Sed id, quod Archytam Pythagoricum commentum esse atque fecisse traditur, neque minus admirabile neque tamen..." - M
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..." - M
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..."
