commenticius

commentĭcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj., [commentus, comminiscor], thought out, devised, fabricated (most freq. in Cicero).

• I Opp. to that already existing, invented, new: nominibus novis et commenticiis appellata, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: spectacula (opp. usitata), Suet. Claud. 21; Dig. 48, 19, 20.—
• II Opp. to that which is actual.
• • A In gen., feigned, pretended, ideal, imaginary: civitas Platonis, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230: commenticii et ficti di, id. N. D. 2, 28, 70; 1, 11, 28.—
  • B In opp. to moral reality, truth, fabricated, feigned, forged, false: crimen, Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42: res, id. ib. 29, 82: fabula, id. Off. 3, 9, 39: fraudes, Gell. 12, 1, 8: epistulae, Cod. Th. 7, 18, 11, § 1: jus, Dig. 20, 48, 19.

commentīcius, a, um (commentus, a, um), erdacht, ersonnen, erfunden, a) im Ggstz. zum Vorhandenen, nomina nova et c., Cic.: c. spectacula (Ggstz. usitata), Suet.: fraudes, Gell. – u. im Gegensatz zum Realen, erdichtet, eingebildet, ideal, civitas Platonis, Cic.: di c. et ficti, Cic.: ficta et c. fabula, Cic. – b) im Ggstz. zum Wahren, erdichtet, erlogen (Ggstz. verus), res, Cic.: crimen, Cic.

commenticius [CL] , fictitious. b (as sb. n.) fiction, fabrication. ~ius sermo, gesmead spræc Ælf. Sup.; num hic iterum ~iam aliquam invenies causam qualitativam? Adel. QN 50.  b refutatis philosophorum ~iis Aldh. Ep. 3.

commentīcĭus, (13) a, um (commentus), ¶ 1 inventé, imaginé : commenticia spectacula Suet. Claud. 21, 1, spectacles inédits ¶ 2 imaginaire, de pure imagination : commenticia civitas Platonis Cic. de Or. 1, 230, la république idéale de Platon ; commenticii dii Cic. Nat. 2, 70, dieux imaginaires ¶ 3 faux, mensonger : crimen commenticium Cic. Amer. 42, accusation forgée, calomnieuse.

commentīcius (not -tītius), adj.

• comminiscor, thought out, devised, fabricated, invented, new: nomina.—Feigned, pretended, ideal, imaginary: civitas Platonis: di: crimen, false.