in-formātĭo, ōnis, f. [informo], a representation.
I Lit., an outline , sketch , first draft : aedium sacrarum informationes, Vitr. 4, 6 fin. —
II Trop., an idea , conception : anticipatio, quam appellat πρόληψιν Epicurus, id est anteceptam animo rei quandam informationem, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100: dei, id. de Or. 2, 87, 358: unius verbi imagine totius sententiae informatio, an exhibition of the idea contained in a word , an explanation of its meaning , id. Part. Or. 29, 102.