commentarius

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

• I Orig. a note-book, sketch-book, memorandum: diurni, a journal, Suet. Aug. 64.—
• 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 Caesar 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.—
• • B Esp.
  • • 1 A commentary, exposition, brief explanation, annotation: commentarium in Vergilium, Gell. 2, 6, 1; cf. id. 1, 12; 1, 21.—
    • 2 In law, a brief, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 54.—
    • 3 The day-book of an accounting officer, Inscr. Grut. 592, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2904.—
    • 4 A collection of examples or citations, Quint. 1, 8, 19.—
    • 5 A pupil’s notes of a lecture or lesson, Quint. 3, 6, 59.

commentārius, ī, m. (sc. liber, was b. Gell. 13, 19 extr. auch dabeisteht) u. commentārium, ī, n. (sc. volumen) (commentus v. comminiscor), I) Notizen, Entwurf, Abriß, Skizze, Heft, Denkwürdigkeiten, Memoiren, Nachrichten, Papiere, Tagebuch, Denkbuch (meist im Plur.), Cic. u.a.: commentarius rerum urbanarum, Stadtchronik, Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: et divisio et commentarii (Flurbuch), Gromat. vet.: in commentarium (sein Heft) referre, Cic.: ex commentario (Heft) sapere, Sen. – commentarii (belli Gallici), die über die Ereignisse im (gallischen) Kriege von Cäsar geführten Tagebücher; vgl. (über ihren stilist. Wert) Cic. Brut. 262. – im Sing. v. einzelnen Buche eines Abrisses usw., superiore commentario (d.i. im 7. Buche), Hirt. b. G. 8, 30, 1: ebenso superiore od. primo commentario (d.i. im 1. Buche), Gaius inst. 2, 23 u. 145. – II) insbes.: A) als gerichtl. t. t. = das Protokoll, Cic. Verr. 5, 54. Tac. ann. 6, 47. – B) das Journal eines Rechnungsbeamten, a commentariis vehiculorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 8542. – C) bei den Gramm.: 1) gesammelte Beispiele, Auszüge, Exzerpte aus dem Gelesenen zur Nachweisung u. Erinnerung, Quint. 1, 8, 19. – od. vom Schüler bei od. nach dem Vortrage des Lehrers (Rhetors) niedergeschriebene Notizen, Diktate, Quint. 3, 6, 59. – 2) Kommentar, Gell.: commentaria in Vergilium componere, Gell.

1 commentarius, ~ium [CL] , commentary. b enumeration, register. ut Vergilium disticon fecisse ~ia declarant Aldh. PR 115; quadrifaria evangelicae relationis dicta misticis catholicorum patrum ~iis exposita Id. VirgP 4; c750 ~ios super illa [Proverbia] eum [sc. Bedam] condidisse audivimus Bonif. Ep. 91; dicente ‥ in ~io B. Hieronymo Ziz. 1; 1438 ~ium Boethii [super] Aristotelis Predicamenta (Invent.) MunAcOx 516; 1549 ~ii Divi Thomae Aquinatis, S. Bonaventurae et aliorum Conc. Scot. II 105.  b in hoc sanctorum brevi †commentatio W. Malm. GP V prol.; 1549 ~ius omnium bacchalaureorum, magistrorum atque doctorum singulis annis per precones conficiatur, eo ordine ac numeratione qua literario honore insigniti sunt ‥, qui quidem ~ius singulis annis revisatur StatOx 356.

2 commentarius , commentator, interpreter. b liar. 9‥ ~ius, stærtractere vel halsere ‥, ~ii, treahteras WW.  b a lier, commentor, ~ius CathA.

commentārĭus, (10) ĭī, m. , et commentārĭum, ĭī, n. , ¶ 1 [en gén.] mémorial, recueil de notes, mémoire, aide-mémoire : non est oratio, sed orationis commentarium paulo plenius Cic. Br. 164, ce nʼest pas un discours, mais un canevas assez développé ; conficiam commentarios rerum omnium Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10, je rédigerai des notes de tous les événements ; commentarium consulatus mei Græce compositum misi ad te Cic. Att. 1, 19, 10, je tʼai envoyé le mémoire sur mon consulat rédigé en grec ¶ 2 [en part.] a) recueil de notes, journal, registre, archives de magistrats : commentarium M. Sergii quæstoris Varro L. 6, 90, le journal du questeur M. Sergius ; commentarii pontificum Cic. Br. 55, les registres des pontifes ; commentarii senatus Tac. Ann. 15, 74, les archives du sénat ; commentarii diurni Suet. Aug. 64, 2, = acta diurna, le journal officiel de Rome ; b) Commentarii Cæsaris Cic. Br. 262, les Commentaires de César ; c) brouillon, projet de discours : Quint. 10, 7, 30 ; d) procès-verbaux dʼune assemblée, dʼun tribunal : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 47 ; e) commentaire, explication dʼun auteur : Gell. 2, 6, 1 ; f) cahier de notes [dʼun élève] : Quint. 3, 6, 59.

commentarius , ii. m.
註解。日記。切要。 勸言。投詞。札。檄飭。

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commentārius ī, m (sc. liber), or commentarium, ī, n (sc. volumen)

• commentor, a notebook, notes, memorandum: recita commentarium: quod de apparatibus belli fecerat, L.—Plur, memoirs, records: quos scripsit (Caesar) rerum suarum, i. e. the works upon the Gallic and civil wars: rex volvens commentarios Numae, L.

COMMENTARIUS

COMMENTARIUSCOMMENTARII(ὑπομνήματα), properly notes or note-books. Hence the word acquires a variety of meanings, of which the most important are the following:--

1. Commentarii domestici,or family memorials, the records of events interesting to the members of particular families. Possibly these are the veteres or antiqui commentarii, to which Cicero refers in Brut. 15, 60; 18, 72: they may have contained, but they were not limited to, the funeral panegyrics to which Cicero (Cic. Brut. 16, 62) and Livy (Liv. 8.40) ascribe much of the falsification of early Roman history.

2. The memoirs drawn up by public men as to events in which they had taken part. Thus Cicero wrote a commentarius in Greek on his consulship (ad Att. 1.19, 10; 2.1, 1), and Caesar commentarii on his Gallic and Civil Wars.

3. Memoranda were kept by different departments of the public service, the officials in charge of them being known as a commentariis. These are frequently mentioned in inscriptions.

4. In towns a register was kept of the official acts of the municipal authorities. We have interesting extracts from the commentarii of Caere in an inscription in the Museum at Naples (Wilmanns, 2083).

5. The unofficial record of recent events at Rome, sent by Caelius to Cicero in Cilicia, is called by him commentarii rerum urbanarum(Cic. ad Fam. 8.2, 2).

6. The record of the daily occurrences at court was kept in commentarii diurni (Suet. Aug. 64), a kind of private diary, which must be distinguished from the formal acta, and also from

7. Commentarii principis --the register of his official decisions (Plin. Ep. 10.106), and of accusations brought before him (Tac. Ann. 13.43; Suet. Calig. 15). In Suet. Dom. 20, praeter commentarios et acta Ti. Caesaris nihil lectitabat, it is probable that commentarii refers to private memoirs written by that emperor (Mommsen, Röm. Staatsr. ii.2 869, note 1).

8. Tacitus once (Ann. 15.74) speaks of commentarii senatus, by which he can hardly mean anything but the acta senatus (q. v.).

9. The commentarii of the pontiffs, the augurs, and the XVviri are often mentioned. These were records of their decrees, and are to be distinguished on the one hand from their acta or minutes of their meetings, and on the other from the books (libri) which contained the ritual, and the annales maximi or chronicle of public events. (Cf. Cic. de Domo, 53, 136; de Div. 2.18, 42; Brut. 14, 55; Plin. Nat.18.14.)

10. Varro cites more than once commentarii magistratuum, of the nature of which we know practically nothing (Madvig, Verf. und Verw. 1.324).

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