commentariolum
ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν → just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)
Latin > English
commentariolum commentarioli N N :: notebook; textbook; short treatise; brief commentary (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
commentārĭŏlum: i, n. (-lus, i, m., Hier. Ep. 149, 1),
dim. commentarius,
I a short treatise, brief commentary: hoc, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 14 fin.; of dub. form, abl. plur., Cic. Fin. 4, 4, 10; id. de Or. 1, 2, 5; id. Phil. 1, 7, 16; Quint. 1, 5, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
commentārĭŏlum,¹⁶ ī, n., Q. Cic. Pet. 58 ; Quint. 1, 5, 7 et commentārĭŏlus, ī, m., Hier. Ep. 119, 1, petit écrit, petit mémoire. d. Cic. Phil. 1, 16 ; de Or. 1, 5, incertitude du genre.
Latin > German (Georges)
commentāriolum, ī, n. u. commentāriolus, ī, m. (Demin. v. commentarius), die flüchtige Aufzeichnung, der flüchtige Entwurf, Notizen, die Skizze, das Heft, α) Sing., hoc c., Q. Cic. de pet. cons. 58: Akk. -olum, Hier. ep. 42, 3. – β) Plur., Akk. -olos, Hier. in Augustin. ep. 75, 4 u. Hier. ep. 119, 1 u. vir. ill. 126. Abl. -olis, Cic. de or. 1, 5; de fin. 4, 10; Phil. 1, 16. Quint. 1, 5, 7.
