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conquestĭo , ōnis, f. conqueror,
I.a violent complaining or bewailing, complaint (very rare).
I. Prop.
A. In gen.: “nulla, nullum auxilium,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 22; id. Or. 39, 135: “illa adversus omnes,” Quint. 5, 13, 41: “longa de bellis civilibus,” id. 8, 3, 78: “dolorum praeteritorum,” Sen. Ep. 78, 12. —
B. Esp., in rhet.: “conquestio est oratio auditorum misericordiam captans,” Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106; cf. id. ib. 1, 52, 98; Auct. Her. 3, 13, 24.—
II. Transf., of the plaintive notes of birds, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 66.
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 (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.7
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.66
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 13.41
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.78
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 78.12
    • Cicero, Orator, 39.135
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.55
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