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Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
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|lshtext=<b>commentātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id..<br /><b>I</b> Abstr., a [[diligent]] [[meditation]] [[upon]] [[something]], a studying, a [[careful]] [[preparation]], [[μελέτη]]> (so perh. [[only]] in Cic.): loci [[multa]] commentatione [[atque]] meditatione parati, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118.—In | |lshtext=<b>commentātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id..<br /><b>I</b> Abstr., a [[diligent]] [[meditation]] [[upon]] [[something]], a studying, a [[careful]] [[preparation]], [[μελέτη]]> (so perh. [[only]] in Cic.): loci [[multa]] commentatione [[atque]] meditatione parati, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118.—In plur., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257; id. Brut. 71, 249; 27, 105: [[commentatio]] inclusa in veritatis lucem proferenda est, id. de Or. 1, 34, 157.—*<br /> <b>2</b> As rhet. [[fig]]., = [[ἐνθύμημα]]>, Quint. 5, 10, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: tota philosophorum [[vita]], ut ait [[idem]] ([[Socrates]]), [[commentatio]] mortis est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 74 (transl. of Plat. Phaed. § 12: Τὸ [[μελέτημα]] αὐτὸ τοῦτό ἐστι τῶν φιλοσόφων, [[λύσις]] καὶ χωρισμὸς Ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος), [[commentatio]] ferendi doloris, id. ib. 2, 18, 42.—<br /><b>II</b> Concr., a [[learned]] [[work]], [[treatise]], [[dissertation]], [[description]] (so perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.): [[commentatio]] (de naturā animalium), Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; so, Indiae, id. 6, 17, 21, § 60. —In plur., Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 7; Gell. praef. § 4. | ||
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commentātĭo: ōnis, f. id..
I Abstr., a diligent meditation upon something, a studying, a careful preparation, μελέτη> (so perh. only in Cic.): loci multa commentatione atque meditatione parati, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118.—In plur., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257; id. Brut. 71, 249; 27, 105: commentatio inclusa in veritatis lucem proferenda est, id. de Or. 1, 34, 157.—*
2 As rhet. fig., = ἐνθύμημα>, Quint. 5, 10, 1.—
B Trop.: tota philosophorum vita, ut ait idem (Socrates), commentatio mortis est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 74 (transl. of Plat. Phaed. § 12: Τὸ μελέτημα αὐτὸ τοῦτό ἐστι τῶν φιλοσόφων, λύσις καὶ χωρισμὸς Ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος), commentatio ferendi doloris, id. ib. 2, 18, 42.—
II Concr., a learned work, treatise, dissertation, description (so perh. not ante-Aug.): commentatio (de naturā animalium), Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; so, Indiae, id. 6, 17, 21, § 60. —In plur., Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 7; Gell. praef. § 4.
