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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *men-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔm.mɪˈniːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kom.miˈnis.kor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''comminīscor''' (present infinitive comminīscī, perfect active commentus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-]] and an unattested ⟨miniscor⟩, seen also in [[reminīscor]] and related to [[meminī]] “to remember”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary takes it from an inchoative form of [[ine-pro|*mn̥yétor]], from [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to think]], though the details are uncertain.^(Wiktionary) An active ⟨comminīscō⟩ is also found.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of contriving, as ''comminīscī mendācium'' “to make up a lie”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to think up, contrive, devise, invent, as in Plautus, and in Martial of things.^(OLD 2012) It meant to fabricate a falsehood, as in Gellius, and in Lucilius to allege falsely, pretend.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to invent, contrive.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle ''commentum'' “invention”, in Late Latin “comment, interpretation”, gave [[en|comment]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of contriving lies.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of pretending.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''comment'' is recorded, from ''commentum''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To think up, contrive, [[m|en|invent]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fabricate a falsehood.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To allege falsely, pretend.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[meminī]]
+ * [[reminīscor]]
+ * [[commentum]]
+ * [[mēns]]
+ * [[en|comment]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}