commento

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

commento, āvi, 1,

I 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,

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.