ănĭmātĭo, ōnis, f. [animo], a quickening, animating (extremely rare).
I Lit.: arboris, Tert. Anim. 19.—
II Meton., concr., a living being : divinae animationis species, * Cic. Tim. 10, 31.
animātiō ōnis, f 1 animo, an animating .— Meton., a living being (once). ...
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