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argūmentātĭo , ōnis, f. argumentor (a rhet. t. t., most freq. in Cic.).
I. An adducing of proof, an argumentation: “argumentatio nomine uno res duas significat, ideo, quod et inventum aliquam in rem probabile aut necessarium, argumentatio vocatur et ejus inventi artificiosa expolitio,” Cic. Inv. 1, 40: “argumentatio est explicatio argumenti,” id. Part. Or. 13: “perspicuitas argumentatione elevatur,” id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: “probabilis,” id. Fin. 5, 4, 9: “expositio verbosior quibusdam argumentis, argumentis dico, non argumentatione,” Quint. 4, 2, 79; 5, 14, 35; 11, 3, 164 al.—
II. The proof itself: “etiamne in tam perspicuis rebus argumentatio quaerenda est aut conjectura capienda?” Cic. Rosc. Am. 35.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 35
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.4
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.79
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 14.35
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.164
    • Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae, 13
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.40
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