constitutio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →constitutio, constitutionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
constitution/disposition/structure/character; arrangement/organization/system;; ordinance, decree, decision; position/ordering; destiny; definition of a term;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nullum animal ad usum sui rude est. (10) 'Constitutio' inquit 'est, ut uos dicitis, principale animi quodammodo..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sint quidem paria quae ulla parte sunt dissimilia. Constitutio est in lege more iudicato pacto. Alterum est defensionis..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...atque ab Aristotele constitutus est. Itaque ab iis constitutio illa prima naturae, a qua tu, quoque ordiebare..."