commentum

Latin

Etymology

From commentus, past participe of comminiscor

Noun

commentum n (genitive commentī); second declension

  1. invention
  2. design, scheme
  3. fabrication, fiction

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative commentum commenta
genitive commentī commentōrum
dative commentō commentīs
accusative commentum commenta
ablative commentō commentīs
vocative commentum commenta

References

  • commentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • commentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • commentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • commentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
    • chimeras: opinionum commenta (N. D. 2. 2. 5)
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