commentum

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Latin

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Etymology

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Fromcommentus,past participle ofcomminiscor.

Noun

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commentumn(genitivecommentī);second declension

  1. invention
  2. design,scheme
  3. fabrication,fiction
    Synonym:mendācium

Declension

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Second-declensionnoun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commentum commenta
Genitive commentī commentōrum
Dative commentō commentīs
Accusative commentum commenta
Ablative commentō commentīs
Vocative commentum commenta
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Descendants

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  • Friulian:coment
  • Italian:commento
  • Sicilian:cummentu

References

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  • commentum”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • commentum”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
  • commentumin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • commentuminGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[1],London:Macmillan and Co.
    • extravagant fictions of fancy:opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
    • chimeras:opinionum commenta(N. D. 2. 2. 5)