frequentatio

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

frĕquentātĭo, ōnis, f. [frequento], frequency, frequent use, a crowding together.

I In gen. (very rare): matrimoniorum, Gell. 1, 6, 6.—

II In partic., in rhet. lang. (esp. in Cic.): densa et continens verborum, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27: argumentorum et coacervatio universa, Cic. Part. 35, 122: consequentium, id. ib. 16, 55.—

B As a flg. of speech, a condensed recapitulation of the arguments already stated separately , a recapitulation , summing up : frequentatio est, cum res in tota causa dispersae coguntur in unum, quo gravior aut criminosior oratio sit, Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52.

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