injectĭo, ōnis, f. [inicio].
I A throwing in; lit., med. t. t., an injection , clyster , Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 69; 5, 1, 10; id. Acut. 1, 17, 167.—
II A laying on : manus, a laying on of the hand , an act by which one takes possession of a thing belonging to him without a judicial decision: patri in filium, patrono in libertum manus injectio sit, Quint. 7, 7, 9: aeris confessi debitique jure judicatis triginta dies justi sunto; post deinde manus injectio esto, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; Dig. 2, 4, 10 al.—
B Transf.: habebat enim vera secum bona, in quae non est manus injectio, i. e. such as cannot be grasped by the hand , Sen. Const. 5, 7.—
III Trop. (late Lat.).
A An instigation , suggestion : Satanae, Tert. de Pudic. 13 init. —
B An objection , Tert. ad Hermog. 10.