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ēmissĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a sending out, darting forth (rare).
I. Prop., a letting go: “radiorum ex oculis,” a darting forth, Gell. 5, 16, 2: “mortui sunt in emissione,” in exile, Vulg. Baruch. 2, 25.—*
II. Meton., power of projecting or hurling; in plur.: “graviores telorum,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; a letting go, releasing: “anguis,” id. Div. 2, 29, 62 (thrice).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.29
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.24
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.16.2
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