creatio

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

crĕātĭo, ōnis, f. [creo] (very rare).

I A creating, producing, begetting : liberorum, Dig. 1, 7, 15, § 2.— Absol. : non hujus creationis, i. e. not of man's building , Vulg. Heb. 9, 11.—

II An electing to an office, a choice : magistratuum, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: tutoris, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 6.

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