adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
commentīcius
commentīcius (feminine commentīcia, neuter commentīcium)
Classical[kɔm.mɛnˈtiː.ki.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kom.menˈtiː.t͡ʃi.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveinvented, devised, fabricated
- adjectiveimaginary
- adjectivefictitious
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | commentīcius | commentīcia | commentīcium |
| genitive | commentīciī | commentīciae | commentīciī |
| dative | commentīciō | commentīciae | commentīciō |
| accusative | commentīcium | commentīciam | commentīcium |
| ablative | commentīciō | commentīciā | commentīciō |
| vocative | commentīcie | commentīcia | commentīcium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | commentīciī | commentīciae | commentīcia |
| genitive | commentīciōrum | commentīciārum | commentīciōrum |
| dative | commentīciīs | commentīciīs | commentīciīs |
| accusative | commentīciōs | commentīciās | commentīcia |
| ablative | commentīciīs | commentīciīs | commentīciīs |
| vocative | commentīciī | commentīciae | commentīcia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- illa civitas Platonis commenticia
- Plato's ideal republic.
commentĭcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj., commentus, comminiscor,
I. thought out, devised, fabricated (most freq. in Cicero).
I. Opp. to that already existing, invented, new:
nominibus novis et commenticiis appellata, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: spectacula (opp. usitata), Suet. Claud. 21; Dig. 48, 19, 20.— II. Opp. to that which is actual.
A. In gen., feigned, pretended, ideal, imaginary:
civitas Platonis, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230: commenticii et ficti di, id. N. D. 2, 28, 70; 1, 11, 28.—B. In opp. to moral reality, truth, fabricated, feigned, forged, false:
crimen, Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42: res, id. ib. 29, 82: fabula, id. Off. 3, 9, 39: fraudes, Gell. 12, 1, 8: epistulae, Cod. Th. 7, 18, 11, § 1: jus, Dig. 20, 48, 19.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commentīcius (not -tītius), adj.
comminiscor, thought out, devised, fabricated, invented, new: nomina.—Feigned, pretended, ideal, imaginary: civitas Platonis: di: crimen, false.
Origins
From commentus (“devised”) + -īcius.
Descendants
- Englishcommentitious
- Italiancommentizio
- Portuguesecomentício
- Spanishcomenticio