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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈmɛn.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈmɛn.tor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''commentor''' (present infinitive commentārī, perfect active commentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb is a frequentative of [[comminīscor]] “to devise, contrive” with the suffix ⟨-tō⟩, and the noun is from the same verb with the agent suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations for the verb are from Plautus, “to think about, practise”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The verb meant to think about, ponder, and to study beforehand, practise, prepare, as in Plautus; in Suetonius to discuss, and in Pliny the Elder to write, compose.^(OLD 2012) The noun meant a deviser, inventor, and Ovid calls Bacchus the ''commentor ūvae'' “inventor of the grape”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ British Medieval Latin used the noun for a deviser of falsehood, a liar.^(DMLBS) Through Medieval Latin ''commentāre'' the verb gave [[en|comment]] in the early 15th century, “to expound, make notes upon”, and its derivative ''commentārius'' gave [[en|commentary]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses the verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses the noun of Bacchus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''comment'' (verb) is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To think about, ponder.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To prepare, practise.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To discuss; to write, compose.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # A deviser, [[m|en|inventor]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[commentārius]]
+ * [[commentātor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[comminīscor]]
+ * [[commentum]]
+ * [[en|comment]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}