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conformātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a symmetrical forming or fashioning, conformation, shape, form (freq. in the philos. and rhet. writings of Cic.; elsewhere rare).
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: “vocis,expression of voice, Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18: “verborum,arrangement, id. ib. 1, 33, 151: “verborum et sententiarum,id. ib. 3, 52, 201: “conformatio et moderatio continentiae et temperantiae,conformation, id. Off. 3, 25, 96: “animi, i. q. notio,an idea, notion, conception, id. N. D. 1, 38, 105.—Also without animi, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357; id. Top. 5, 27.—
B. Esp., in rhet., a figure of speech, Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Quint. 9, 1, 4; 9, 2, 1.—
2. In later rhett. esp., a prosopopœia, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66; Prisc. p. 1340 P.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 5.6
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.25
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.5
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.87
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.18
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.38
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.33
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.22
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.1
    • Cicero, Brutus, 37.140
    • Cicero, Topica, 5.27
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