commento
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
commento: āvi, 1,
I v. act., collat. form of 1. commentor, q. v. (cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.), to delineate, sketch; only trop.: ora, humorously, qs. to demonstrate on the face, for to cudgel or beat, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 30 dub. (Brix, commetavi; cf. 2. commeto).—Hence,
b commentātus, a, um, pass.: ut sua et commentata et scripta... meminisset, Cic. Brut. 88, 301 (just before: secum commentatus in act. signif.): oratio, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
commentō, āvī, āre, c. commentor : *Apul. Apol. 87 ; Prisc. Gramm. 8, 25.
Latin > German (Georges)
commento, āvī, āre = commentor, Rut. Lup. 2, 2 cod. A (Halm mit Stephanus commentari). Apul. apol. 87 (wo statt commendavit mit Lipsius u. Koziol commentavit herzustellen ist). Paul. Nol. nat. s. Fel. 11, 131 u. ohne Beleg bei Prisc. 8, 25 (aber Lucil. sat. 30, 65 Müller mit den Hdschrn. commenta viai). – Das Partiz. Perf. commentatus mit pass. Bedeutung gehört zu commentor, w. s.
Latin > English
commento commentare, commentavi, commentatus V TRANS :: delineate, sketch; (humorously) demonstrate on face (cudgel/beat)
