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dēfīnītĭo , ōnis, f. definio. *
I. A bounding, a boundary: “AREA INTRA HANC DEFINITIONEM CIPPORVM CLAVSA VERVBVS,Inscr. Orell. 736.—
II. A limiting, prescribing, defining; a definition, explanation (freq. only in Cicero; cf. “definio): ut quodcumque accidisset praedictum videretur hominum et temporum definitione sublata,Cic. Div. 2, 54, 110: “judiciorum aequorum,id. Clu. 2: definitio est earum rerum, quae sunt ejus rei propriae, quam definire volumus, brevis et circumscripta quaedam explicatio, id. de Or. 1, 42, 189; cf. id. Or. 33, 116; id. Fin. 2, 2, 5; id. Off. 1, 2 fin. et saep.; Quint. 1, 6, 29: “definitio pars sit translationis,id. 3, 6, 42 et saep.—
III. Transf., that which is decreed, decided: “perpetrata quippe est definitio,Vulg. Dan. 11, 36.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Old Testament, Daniel, 11.36
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.42
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.2
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.54
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 6.42
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 6.29
    • Cicero, Orator, 33.116
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