commenticius
Latin
Etymology
From commentus (“devised”) + -īcius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.menˈtiː.ki.us/, [kɔmːɛn̪ˈt̪iːkiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.menˈti.t͡ʃi.us/, [komːen̪ˈt̪iːt͡ʃius]
Adjective
commentīcius (feminine commentīcia, neuter commentīcium); first/second-declension adjective
- invented, devised, fabricated
- imaginary
- fictitious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | commentīcius | commentīcia | commentīcium | commentīciī | commentīciae | commentīcia | |
| Genitive | commentīciī | commentīciae | commentīciī | commentīciōrum | commentīciārum | commentīciōrum | |
| Dative | commentīciō | commentīciō | commentīciīs | ||||
| Accusative | commentīcium | commentīciam | commentīcium | commentīciōs | commentīciās | commentīcia | |
| Ablative | commentīciō | commentīciā | commentīciō | commentīciīs | |||
| Vocative | commentīcie | commentīcia | commentīcium | commentīciī | commentīciae | commentīcia | |
Descendants
- → English: commentitious
- → Italian: commentizio
- → Portuguese: comentício
- → Spanish: comenticio
References
- “commenticius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commenticius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commenticius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas Platonis commenticia
- Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas Platonis commenticia