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|lshtext=<b>com-mĭniscor</b>: (con-m-), mentus, 3,<br /><b>I</b> 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]].<br /><b>I</b> (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]], P. a.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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. !*?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: [[commentum]], i, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Since the Aug. per., [[sometimes]], a [[contrivance]], Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Nefanda, a [[project]], [[plan]], Just. 21, 4, 3: callidum, Dig. 27, 9, 9. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[stratagem]], in [[war]], Flor. 1, 11, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A [[rhetorical]] [[figure]], equiv. to [[commentatio]], = [[ἐνθύμημα]], [[Vitellius]] ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

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|georg=com-minīscor, mentus [[sum]], minīscī (vgl. [[memini]], [[mens]], [[μένος]]), I) [[sich]] [[etwas]] ins [[Gedächtnis]] [[zurückrufen]], [[sich]] [[auf]] etw. ([[darauf]]) [[besinnen]], Plaut. most. 662 u. 668. – II) aussinnen, [[ersinnen]], a) [[noch]] [[nicht]] Vorhandenes = [[erfinden]], [[monogrammos]] deos, Cic.: [[vectigal]], Liv. u. Suet.: litteras novas, Suet. – b) Unwahres = [[erdichten]], [[vorgeben]], absol., verb. confingere et c., Cornif. rhet: ingeniosior ad comminiscendum, Cornif. rhet. – m. Acc. [[mendacium]], Plaut.: [[tantum]] [[scelus]], Quint.: [[crimen]] ex re fortuita, Liv.: m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Plaut. aul. 69 u. 76. – Partiz. [[commentus]], a, um, [[passiv]] = ersonnen, [[erdichtet]], [[erlogen]], [[amicus]], App. Caec. fr.: [[fraus]], ICt.: [[gemitus]] ficti commenta [[que]] funera, Ov. – / Aktive Nbf. comminīsco, ere, Apul. [[met]]. 4, 11.

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