translativus

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

translātīvus, a, um, adj. [translatio, II. B.], of or belonging to transference, that is to be transferred, translative.

I Adj. : constitutio, Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 10: genus causae, Quint. 3, 6, 75: quaestiones, id. 3, 6, 52.—

II Subst., metalepsis , = μετάληψιν, quam nos varie translativam, transumptivam, transpositivam vocamus, Quint. 3, 6, 46.— Adv.: translātīvē , gram. t. t., in transferred meaning , metaphorically , Isid. 17, 6, 23; Schol. Juv. 13, 22.

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