noun · neutersecond declension
commentum
commentum n (genitive commentī)
Meaning
- neuterinvention
- neuterdesign, scheme
- neuterfabrication, fiction
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
inventum ingeniīcommentum -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 15
invention, device
commentum -ī (n) — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | commentum | commenta |
| genitive | commentī | commentōrum |
| dative | commentō | commentīs |
| accusative | commentum | commenta |
| ablative | commentō | commentīs |
| vocative | commentum | commenta |
commentum, i, v. comminiscor
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commentum ī, n
comminiscor, an invention, fabrication, pretence, fiction, falsehood: ipsis commentum placet, T.: opinionum commenta delet dies; miraculi, L.: milia rumorum, O.
Origins
From commentus, past participle of comminīscor.
Descendants
- Italiancommento
- Friuliancoment
- Siciliancummentu
- Irishcumannfrom Old Irish commant
- Manxcommynfrom Old Irish commant
- Scottish Gaeliccomannfrom Old Irish commant
- Welshcymanfrom Old Welsh ciman