commentatio

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

commentātiō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (commentor 1), examen réfléchi, préparation [d’un travail dans le cabinet], méditation : Cic. de Or. 2, 118 ; Br. 272 ; commentatio et cogitatio Cic. de Or. 1, 150, la préparation et la méditation (discours préparé et médité) || pl., exercices préparatoires Cic. de Or. 1, 154 || mortis Cic. Tusc. 1, 74, préparation à la mort || traité, dissertation : Plin. 28, 7 || [rhét.] enthymème : Quint. 5, 10, 1.

Latin > German (Georges)

commentātio, ōnis, f. (commentor), die vorbereitende Betrachtung einer Sache, die Bedachtnahme, Vorbereitung auf etw., a) übh., m. Ang. wessen? (worauf?) durch Genet., tota philosophorum vita commentatio mortis est, Cic.: c. parendi, Cic.: c. ferendi doloris, Cic. – b) insbes.: α) die wissenschaftliche Vorbereitung, die Vorübung, die Vorstudien des Redners, quae autem in lustris atque in vino commentatio potuit esse, Cic.: quos locos multā commentatione atque meditatione paratos atque expeditos habere debetis, Cic. – Plur., commendationes cotidianae, Cic.: accuratae et meditatae commentationes, Cic.: in exercitationibus commentationibusque multum operae solitum esse ponere, Cic. – dah. als rhet. Fig. = ενθύμημα, Quint. 5, 10, 1. – β) die gelehrte Abhandlung eines Ggstds. mit der Feder in der Hand, die Schilderung, der Entwurf, tentare Indiae commentationem, Plin. 6, 60: delegare hanc commentationem Aristoteli, Plin. 8, 44. – Plur., m. subj. Genet., commentationes Democriti, Plin. 28, 7: mit obj. Genet., terrae Atticae commentationes, Gell. praef. § 4.

Latin > English

commentatio commentationis N F :: thinking out, mental preparation; study; piece of reasoning/argument; textbook