I. Definitive, explanatory. So in the rhet. lang. of Cicero: constitutio, Inv. 2, 17; cf. ib. 1, 13: “causa,” id. Top. 24 fin. And in the later jurid. Lat.: “sententia,” a decisive, definitive sentence, Cod. Just. 7, 45, 3; 7, 64, 10 al.—
II. In late Lat. = definitus, definite, distinct, plain: “materia,” Tert. adv. Herm. 38.—Adv.: dēfīnītīvē , definitively, plainly, distinctly: “pronuntiare,” Tert. Car. Christ. 18: “loqui,” Cael. Aur. Acut. 1 praef.
