definitionibus
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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fructuosus, unde sit ducta frugalitas. Ideoque in definitionibus adsignatur etymologiae locus. XXX. Nonnumquam etiam barbara ab emendatis conatur..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quavis lingua philosophari possint; nullis enim partitionibus, nullis definitionibus utuntur ipsique dicunt ea se modo probare, quibus natura..."
