(P. a.) : com-mĭniscor (con-m-), mentus, 3
* V. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.
* (Class., of something untrue; esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71: fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,id. As. 1, 1, 89: mendacium,id. Ps. 2, 3, 23: dolum docte,id. ib. 4, 7, 64: maledicta,id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58: quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7: nec me hoc commentum putes,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause: neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37: fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, ).
* Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real: Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so, occurrentia nescio quae,id. Fin. 4, 16, 43: quaedam,id. Fat. 3, 5.
* In gen., to devise, invent, contrive: nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,Liv. 37, 5, 5: id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,id. 29, 37, 4: novas litteras,Suet. Claud. 41: novum balinearum usum,id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27: Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,Mel. 1, 12, 1: excubias nocturnas vigilesque,Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23. !*?
* P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious: dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,Ov. M. 6, 565: sacra,id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319: crimen,Liv. 26, 27, 8: fraus,Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence
* Subst.: commentum, i, n.
* (Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood: ipsis commentum placet,Ter. And. 1, 3, 20: opinionum commenta delet dies,Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before: opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,Liv. 1, 19, 5: mixta rumorum,Ov. M. 12, 54: animi,id. ib. 13, 38.
* Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.
* Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3: callidum,Dig. 27, 9, 9.
* A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.
* A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = ἐνθύμημα, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

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