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

  1. 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.
  2. II. Opp. to that which is actual.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.