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assignātĭo (ads- ), ōnis, f. assigno,
I.a marking, showing, assignment, allotment; most freq. of the allotment of land to colonists (cf. assigno, I. A.); “with and without agrorum: haec agrorum adsignatio,” Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 14; 4, 4, 9; id. Agr. 2, 30 fin.: “novae adsignationes,” id. ib. 3, 3; so id. Fam. 13, 8, 2: “popularis adsignationis modum non excessit,” Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—Of other things (cf. assigno, I. B.): “aquae,” Dig. 43, 20, 1.
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 (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.8.2
    • Cicero, Philippics, 6.5.14
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.30
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.3.7
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