definitionem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →definitio, definitionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
definition, precise description; specification; fixing/marking a boundary;; classification; pronouncement, ruling; argument based on definition of term;; ending/boundary/limit (L+S); limiting; explanation; which is decreed/decided;
acc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...Graece definitur: to etoi poioun e paschon. Quam definitionem significare volens Lucretius poeta ita scripsit: tangere enim..." - A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...dici planius; nam hoc quidem pervolgatum est definitionem omnem ex genere et differentia consistere. Sed si me tibi..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...voluptas nesciat, aut qui, quo magis id intellegat, definitionem aliquam desideret? Me ipsum esse dicerem, inquam, nisi mihi..."