suggestio

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

suggestĭo (subg-), ōnis, f. [suggero]. *

I Lit., an adding to , addition : potus suggestione auctus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 182.—

II Trop. *

A A rhet. fig., where the orator puts a question and answers it himself, a suggestion : quod schema quidam per suggestionem vocant, i. e. per subjectionem, Quint. 9, 2, 15.—

B A hint , intimation , suggestion (late Lat.), Vop. Aur. 14; 19; Symm. Ep. 9, 20; Inscr. Orell. 2.