inductio

inductiō ōnis, f

1 in+DVC-, a bringing in, introducing, production, admission : aquarum inductiones: horum (iuvenum in circum), for exhibition , L.—Fig., a purpose, resolution, determination : animi.— An inclination, leaning : animi. —Inphilos., induction, reasoning from instances, generalization , C.—In rhet., in the phrase, personarum ficta inductio, personification, speaking in an assumed character : erroris inductio, a misguiding, persuasion to error .