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
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...Graece definitur: to etoi poioun e paschon. Quam definitionem significare volens Lucretius poeta ita scripsit: tangere enim..."Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...dici planius; nam hoc quidem pervolgatum est definitionem omnem ex genere et differentia consistere. Sed si me tibi..."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..."