cavillationibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cavillatio, cavillationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
raillery/banter/badinage, jeering/scoffing; sophistry, quibbling, captiousness;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...preme, hoc onera, relictis ambiguitatibus et syllogismis et cavillationibus et ceteris acuminisinriti ludicris. Dic in avaritiam..."Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...praeparaveris, adversus quam non exhortabitur nec attollet qui cavillationibus tibi persuadere temptaverit mortem malum non esse. Libet enim..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omissis quae nihil ad instruendum oratorem pertinent cavillationibus, necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos exsequemur, haec modo..."