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commentārĭensis, is, m. [commentarius], one who takes control, has the care of a thing; and specif.,

  1. I. A registrar of public documents, a recorder, secretary, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 7; Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8.
  2. II. One who makes out a list of prisoners, a keeper of a prison, Cod. Just. 9, 4, 4; Dig. 48, 20, 6; 48, 3, 8.
  3. III. One who forms a list of soldiers, Ps.-Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71.

commentārĭŏlum, i, n. (-lus, i, m., Hier. Ep. 149, 1), dim. [commentarius], 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.

commentārĭus, ii, m. (sc. liber; both together, Gell. 13, 20, 17); commentā-rĭum, ii, n. (sc. volumen, Varr. L. L. 6, § 90 Müll.; Cic. Brut. 44, 164; cf. commentariolum) [commentor].

  1. I. Orig. a note-book, sketch-book, memorandum: diurni, a journal, Suet. Aug. 64.
  2. II. As the title of a book on any subject, but esp. historical, which is only sketched down or written without care (mostly in plur.), a sketch, a paper, memoirs, a commentary, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 42, 6, 3; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 3, 8, 58; 3, 8, 67; 8, 2, 12; 10, 7, 30 al.; Tac. A. 6, 47; Suet. Tib. 61 et saep. Thus the two works of Cæsar upon the Gallic and civil wars are called Commentarii, commentaries, Cic. Brut. 75, 262; Hirt. and Asin. Pollio ap. Suet. Caes. 56.
    Of a single book: superiore commentario, i. e. in the Seventh Book, Hirt. B. G. 8, 30; cf. Gai Inst. 2, 23; 2, 145.
    1. B. Esp.
      1. 1. A commentary, exposition, brief explanation, annotation: commentarium in Vergilium, Gell. 2, 6, 1; cf. id. 1, 12; 1, 21.
      2. 2. In law, a brief, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 54.
      3. 3. The day-book of an accounting officer, Inscr. Grut. 592, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2904.
      4. 4. A collection of examples or citations, Quint. 1, 8, 19.
      5. 5. A pupil’s notes of a lecture or lesson, Quint. 3, 6, 59.

commentātĭo, ōnis, f. [commentarius].

  1. 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.
      1. * 2. As rhet. fig., = ἐνθύμημα, Quint. 5, 10, 1.
    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.
  2. 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.

commentātor, ōris, m. [2. commentor].

  1. I. An inventor, contriver (post-class. and rare): omnium falsorum, App. Mag. p. 321, 36: evangelii, i. e. the author, Tert. Res Carn. 33.
  2. II. An interpreter: legum, Cod. Just. 1, 17, 2, § 20; Serv. ad Verg. E. 6, 11.

commento, āvi, 1, 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,

      1. 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.