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
- M
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..." - M
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..."
