discussio

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

discussĭo, ōnis, f. [discutio] (very rare).

I A shaking , Sen. Q. N. 6, 19, 2.—

II An examination, discussion .

A In gen. (late Lat. for disputatio, quaestio): sequitur illa discussio, quid sit, etc., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 16, 8; Tert. Pudic. 11.—

B In partic., in the later period of the empire, a revision of the public accounts in the provinces, Cod. Just. 10, 30, 1; Symm. Ep. 5, 74.