admotio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

admōtĭo, ōnis, f. [admoveo],

a putting , moving , or bringing to , an applying; in music: digitorum, the application of the fingers : itaque ad pingendum, ad scalpendum, ad nervorum eliciendos sonos apta manus est admotione digitorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150; cf.: animis judicum admovere orationem tamquam fidibus manum, id. Brut. 54, 200: spongiarum cum aqua frigida expressarum admotio gutturi, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 6.

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