comminiscor

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    Vuae commentor dicitur Bacchus ab Ouidio. Inventeur.

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    Commentor, commentaris, commentatus sum, commentari, Frequentatiuum a Comminiscor. Plaut. Controuver quelque bourde ou finesse.

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    Commentari aliquem. Plaut. Contrefaire.

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    Commentari. Cic. Penser et songer en soymesme quelque chose.

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    Commentari, Disputare. Cic. Traicter et deviser de quelque chose ensemble.

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    Inter se commentari qua ratione traducendum sit eis tempus. Cic. Adviser entre eulx.

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    Commentatus est Mimos. Cic. Il a esté inventeur.

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    Orationem in aliquem commentari. Cic. Composer.

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    Quum commentaremur haec. Plin. Quand nous composions et escrivions ceci.

commentārius, ī, m. (sc. liber, was b. Gell. 13, 19 extr. auch dabeisteht) u. commentārium, ī, n. (sc. volumen) (commentus v. comminiscor), I) Notizen, Entwurf, Abriß, Skizze, Heft, Denkwürdigkeiten, Memoiren, Nachrichten, Papiere, Tagebuch, Denkbuch (meist im Plur.), Cic. u.a.: commentarius rerum urbanarum, Stadtchronik, Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: et divisio et commentarii (Flurbuch), Gromat. vet.: in commentarium (sein Heft) referre, Cic.: ex commentario (Heft) sapere, Sen. – commentarii (belli Gallici), die über die Ereignisse im (gallischen) Kriege von Cäsar geführten Tagebücher; vgl. (über ihren stilist. Wert) Cic. Brut. 262. – im Sing. v. einzelnen Buche eines Abrisses usw., superiore commentario (d.i. im 7. Buche), Hirt. b. G. 8, 30, 1: ebenso superiore od. primo commentario (d.i. im 1. Buche), Gaius inst. 2, 23 u. 145. – II) insbes.: A) als gerichtl. t. t. = das Protokoll, Cic. Verr. 5, 54. Tac. ann. 6, 47. – B) das Journal eines Rechnungsbeamten, a commentariis vehiculorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 8542. – C) bei den Gramm.: 1) gesammelte Beispiele, Auszüge, Exzerpte aus dem Gelesenen zur Nachweisung u. Erinnerung, Quint. 1, 8, 19. – od. vom Schüler bei od. nach dem Vortrage des Lehrers (Rhetors) niedergeschriebene Notizen, Diktate, Quint. 3, 6, 59. – 2) Kommentar, Gell.: commentaria in Vergilium com-

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ponere, Gell.

commentum, ī, n. (commentus, v. comminiscor), etwas Ausgesonnenes, a) im Ggstz. zum Vorhandenen, die Erfindung, der Einfall, miraculi, Liv.: opinionum commenta (Hirngespinste), Cic.: commenta mortalium, Liv.: iis commentum placet, Ter.: huius consilii non minus admirabile silentium quam commentum fuit, Iustin.: praemium pro commento (Einfall) non mediocre obtulit, Suet. – dah. α) der Anschlag, die List, novum et insigne c., Flor. 1, 11, 2: callidum c., Ulp. dig. 27, 9, 9: commenta nefanda, Iustin. 21, 4, 3. – β) eine rhet. Figur (auch commentatio gen.) = ενθύμημα (s. enthymema), der Einfall, Visell. b. Quint. 9, 2, 107. – b) im Ggstz. zum Wahren, die Erdichtung, Lüge, milia rumorum commenta, Ov. met. 12, 54: commenta retexit, ibid. 13, 38.

minīscor (menīscor), scī (Wurzel men, wovon auch memini, mens u.a.), Stammwort v. comminiscor, eminiscor u. reminiscor; dah. miniscitur, archaist. = reminiscitur, Paul. ex Fest. 122, 18.

re-comminīscor, minīscī, sich wieder erinnern, -besinnen, Plaut. trin. 915.

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commentĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., [commentus, comminiscor], thought out, devised, fabricated (most freq. in Cicero).

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.—

Opp. to that which is actual.

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.—

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.

commentĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., [commentus, comminiscor], thought out, devised, fabricated (most freq. in Cicero).

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.—

Opp. to that which is actual.

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.—

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.

dissĭmŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dissimilis], to feign that a thing is not that which it is; to dissemble, disguise; to hide, conceal, keep secret (cf.: fingo, simulo, confingo, comminiscor—very freq. and class.).

With acc.:

nihil fingam, nihil dissimulem, nihil obtegam,

Cic. Att. 1, 18:

aliquid (with tegere),

Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 2;

with obtegere,

Suet. Ner. 29;

with celare,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 105;

with occultare,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105; Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 6; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86:

nec, ut emat melius, nec ut vendat, quicquam simulabit aut dissimulabit vir bonus,

id. Off. 3, 15; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4:

quaedam in actione dissimulata,

Quint. 6, 4, 14: consonantium quaedam insequente vocali dissimulatur, is obscured, said of elision in poetry, id. 11, 3, 34:

occultam febrem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 23; cf.

metum,

id. C. 2, 20, 17:

gaudia,

Ov. M. 6, 653:

nomen suum,

id. Tr. 4, 9, 32:

natum cultu,

id. M. 13, 163:

se,

to assume another form, id. ib. 2, 731:

deum,

i. e. concealing his divinity, id. H. 4, 56; id. F. 5, 504; cf. also pass. with mid. force:

dissimulata deam,

id. ib. 6, 507; Stat. Silv. 1, 2, 14;

and virum veste longa (Achilles),

Ov. A. A. 1, 690.—

With acc. and inf.:

dissimulabam me harum sermoni operam dare,

Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 54; so id. Most. 5, 1, 23; Cic. Att. 8, 1 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 2; Suet. Caes. 10; 73; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 5 al. —

With a rel. clause:

nec judices, a quo sint moti, dissimulant,

Quint. 12, 9, 7; so id. 6 prooem. § 7; Verg. A. 4, 291 al.—

With quasi:

dissimulabo, hos quasi non videam,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 2.—

Absol.: plane ea est;

sed quomodo dissimulabat!

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 53; id. Most. 4, 3, 23; id. Men. 4, 2, 44; 78; Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Mur. 19, 40 (opp. fateri); Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 1; Hor. S. 1, 9, 66; Ov. H. 17, 151 et saep.:

dissimulant,

they repress their feelings, Verg. A. 1, 516.—

With de:

primo fingere alia, dissimulare de conjuratione, etc.,

Sall. C. 47, 1:

de condicione sua,

Dig. 40, 13, 4.—

To leave unnoticed, to neglect:

damnosam curationem,

Veg. Vet. 1 prooem. §

5: quod dissimulatum,

Amm. 21, 3.— Hence, dissĭmŭlanter, adv., dissemblingly, clandestinely, secretly:

non aperte, nec eodem modo semper, sed varie dissimulanterque conclusis,

Cic. Brut. 79, 274; id. Fam. 1, 5, b. fin.; Liv. 40, 23; Suet. Tib. 21 (opp. Palam); Ov. H. 20, 132 al.— Comp. and sup. do not occur.

ex-cōgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to find out by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent (freq. and class.; cf.:

comminiscor, simulo, confingo, fingo, etc.): quid enim mali aut sceleris fingi aut excogitari potest, quod non ille conceperit?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

ad haec igitur cogita, mi Attice, vel potius excogita,

id. Att. 9, 6, 7:

quid igitur causae excogitari potest, cur? etc.,

id. Deiot. 7, 20:

novam interregni ineundi rationem,

id. Rep. 2, 12:

aliquid dignum dono deorum aut efficere aut excogitare,

id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

multa praeterea generatim ad avaritiam excogitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1:

aliquid ad ornatum portarum, etc.,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51, 2:

o callidos homines! o rem excogitatam!

Cic. Or. 67, 225:

quicquid omnino excogitari contra potest,

Quint. 12, 8, 10:

res ab illis dicta, non a nobis excogitata,

id. 5, 13, 49:

in rebus excogitandis (opp. gerendis),

Nep. Them. 1 fin.—Impers. with ut:

excogitatum est a quibusdam ut, etc.,

Nep. Att. 8, 3; cf. with a subject-sentence:

cum recenti fico salis vice caseo vesci nuper excogitatum est,

Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 82.—

Transf., to name:

Alpes Poeninas,

Amm. 15, 10, 9.—Hence, * excōgĭtātus, a, um, P. a., sought out, choice:

excogitatissimae hostiae,

Suet. Calig. 22.

mens, mentis ( nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.):

nubilam mentem Animi habeo,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6:

mens animi,

Cat. 65, 4:

mens animi vigilat,

Lucr. 4, 758:

mala mens, malus animus,

bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137:

hominum erga se mentes,

feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60:

mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

humanae mentis vitium... saeva cupido,

Juv. 14, 175.—

In partic.

The conscience:

cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44:

auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,

id. 13, 194.—

The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi ( soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

mente complecti aliquid,

to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

sanum mentis esse,

to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse,

to be in one's right mind, in one's senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so,

mentis compotem esse,

id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11:

mentem amittere,

to lose one's mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31:

mentis inops,

Ov. H. 15, 139:

huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens,

his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218:

quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri?

id. Har. Resp. 9, 19:

vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc.,

Liv. 6, 18:

quid tibi istuc in mentem venit?

what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34:

modo hercle in mentem venit,

id. As. 3, 2, 42:

venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc.,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 49:

venit in mentem, ut, etc.,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.—With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.—With nom.:

miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23:

servi venere in mentem calliditates,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13:

quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.:

numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset,

Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.—With gen. (so mostly in Cic.):

non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae,

he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6:

tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem,

id. de Or 2, 61, 249:

venit mihi Platonis in mentem,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.—

Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, [p. 1133] Nep. Hann. 2, 5:

Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut,

Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

mentes deorum scrutari in fibris,

Ov. M. 15, 136:

ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest,

ib. 13, 3, 2:

in mente est mihi dormire,

I have a mind to, Petr. 21.—

Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36:

demittunt mentes,

lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).—

Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit,

Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.

mens, mentis ( nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.):

nubilam mentem Animi habeo,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6:

mens animi,

Cat. 65, 4:

mens animi vigilat,

Lucr. 4, 758:

mala mens, malus animus,

bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137:

hominum erga se mentes,

feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60:

mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

humanae mentis vitium... saeva cupido,

Juv. 14, 175.—

In partic.

The conscience:

cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44:

auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,

id. 13, 194.—

The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi ( soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

mente complecti aliquid,

to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

sanum mentis esse,

to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse,

to be in one's right mind, in one's senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so,

mentis compotem esse,

id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11:

mentem amittere,

to lose one's mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31:

mentis inops,

Ov. H. 15, 139:

huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens,

his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218:

quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri?

id. Har. Resp. 9, 19:

vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc.,

Liv. 6, 18:

quid tibi istuc in mentem venit?

what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34:

modo hercle in mentem venit,

id. As. 3, 2, 42:

venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc.,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 49:

venit in mentem, ut, etc.,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.—With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.—With nom.:

miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23:

servi venere in mentem calliditates,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13:

quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.:

numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset,

Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.—With gen. (so mostly in Cic.):

non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae,

he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6:

tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem,

id. de Or 2, 61, 249:

venit mihi Platonis in mentem,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.—

Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, [p. 1133] Nep. Hann. 2, 5:

Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut,

Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

mentes deorum scrutari in fibris,

Ov. M. 15, 136:

ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest,

ib. 13, 3, 2:

in mente est mihi dormire,

I have a mind to, Petr. 21.—

Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36:

demittunt mentes,

lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).—

Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit,

Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.