terminatio

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

termĭnātĭo, ōnis,f. [termino], a bounding, fixing of bounds or limits.

I Lit., Inscr. Grut. 197, 5; 198, 2.—

II Trop., a fixing , determining (Ciceronian): quorum (verborum) descriptus ordo alias aliā terminatione concluditur, arrangement , Cic. Or. 59, 200: poëtica et versus inventus est terminatione aurium, determination , decision , id. ib. 53, 178: exposita terminatio rerum expetendarum, cur, etc., id. Fin. 5, 10, 27.

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