commenticius

Latin

Etymology

From commentus (“devised”) +‎ -īcius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈtiː.ki.us/, [kɔmːɛn̪ˈt̪iːkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.menˈti.t͡ʃi.us/, [komːen̪ˈt̪iːt͡ʃius]

Adjective

commentīcius (feminine commentīcia, neuter commentīcium); first/second-declension adjective

1. invented, devised, fabricated
2. imaginary
3. fictitious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	commentīcius	commentīcia	commentīcium		commentīciī	commentīciae	commentīcia
Genitive	commentīciī	commentīciae	commentīciī		commentīciōrum	commentīciārum	commentīciōrum
Dative	commentīciō		commentīciō		commentīciīs
Accusative	commentīcium	commentīciam	commentīcium		commentīciōs	commentīciās	commentīcia
Ablative	commentīciō	commentīciā	commentīciō		commentīciīs
Vocative	commentīcie	commentīcia	commentīcium		commentīciī	commentīciae	commentīcia

Descendants

• → English: commentitious
• → Italian: commentizio
• → Portuguese: comentício
• → Spanish: comenticio

References

• “commenticius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “commenticius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commenticius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas Platonis commenticia