captatio

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

captātĭo, ōnis, f. [capto],

I a reaching after or catching at something (rare): verborum, Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81: puerilis vocum similium, Quint. 8, 3, 57: testamenti, legacy-hunting , Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160; Quint. 8, 6, 51.—

II In fencing, t. t., a feint , Quint. 5, 13, 54.

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