I.v. a., to enclose within boundaries, to bound; to limit, prescribe, determine (rare but class.).
I. Prop.: “regiones, limites, confinia,” Plaut. Poen. prol. 49: “augur regiones ab oriente ad occasum determinavit,” Liv. 1, 18 fin.; cf. “Asiam ab oriente Armenia minore, ab occidente Phrygia, etc.,” Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 102: “imaginem templi scipione in solo,” id. 28, 2, 4, § 15.—
II. Transf., to fix, settle, determine: “teli ictus,” Lucr. 6, 403: “segetes in diem,” Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 77; cf.: “diem jejuniis,” Tert. adv. Psych. 2: “senatoria et equestria officia biennio spatio,” Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. Or. 16: “id quod dicit spiritu, non arte determinat,” measures, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175: “judicium determinat causas,” Vulg. Prov. 26, 10: “mensuram (Ponti),” Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77.—Poet.: “omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus,” Cic. Poet. Div. 1, 12.
