commiseratio

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

commĭsĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [commiseror];

in rhetoric, a part of an oration intended to excite compassion , Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 125; 3, 58, 219; * Quint. 10, 1, 107; Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.

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