dēfīnītīvus, a, um, adj. [definio].
I Definitive, explanatory . So in the rhet. lang. of Cic. : constitutio, Inv. 2, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 13: causa, id. Top. 24 fin. And in the later jurid. Lat.: sententia, a decisive, definitive sentence , Cod. Just. 7, 45, 3; 7, 64, 10 al.—
II In late Lat. = definitus, definite, distinct, plain : materia, Tert. adv. Herm. 38.—Adv.: dēfīnītīvē , definitively, plainly, distinctly : pronuntiare, Tert. Car. Christ. 18: loqui, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1 praef.