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dēstĭnātĭo , ōnis, f. destino,
I.a setting fast, establishing; a resolution, determination, purpose, design (perh. not ante-Aug.): “depascitur segetes destinatione ante determinata in diem,Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 95: “porticum ex destinatione M. Agrippae a sorore ejus inchoatam peregit,id. 3, 2, 3, § 17; cf. Tac. H. 1, 77: “nulli' placere partium destinatio,Liv. 32, 35 fin.: consulum, i. e. the election (opp. renuntiatione), Plin. Pan. 77, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 79; Plin. Pan. 95, 2: “mortis,Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96: “exspirandi,id. 7, 45, 46, § 149: “quietis,Stat. S. 3 praef.: “aeternitatis,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114 et saep.; “certus destinationis, ne, etc.,resolute, Tac. A. 12, 32.—
II. Esp. obstinacy, Amm. 15, 10, 10 al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.32
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.77
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.79
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.17
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 35
    • Statius, Silvae, 3.pr
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