tralationum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tralatio, tralationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
transportation/transference; transfer to another; change of venue; translation;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sublimes variique eruantur: permovendi omnes adfectus erunt, oratio tralationum nitore inluminanda. Non possumus esse tam graciles, simus fortiores..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...magnifice an subtiliter, graviter an urbane: tum quo tralationum genere, quibus figuris, qualibus sententiis, quo modo, qua postremo..."