invectio

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

invectĭo, ōnis, f. [inveho].

I A bringing in , importing of goods, importation (opp. exportatio), Cic. Off. 2, 3, 13: eodem flumine invectio, the entrance , id. Fin. 5, 24, 70.—

II An attacking or assailing with words , an inveighing against , invective : Tullianae severae invectiones, Fulg. Myth. 1, p. 15 Munck.

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