prosecutio

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

prōsĕcūtĭo, ōnis, f. [prosequor].

I Lit., a following or accompanying on the way , attendance (post-class.): necessitas prosecutionis, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 47: prosecutio opportuna, Symm. Ep. 7, 59.—

II Trop.

A A following with words , an honorable notice or mention : quā prosecutione simplicitatem ejus edisseram, Ambros. Exc. Frat. Sat. 1, 51.—

B A continuation , Ambros. Fid. 2, 13, 108; Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 3, 7.