commentatio
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
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.
