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dīgestĭo , ōnis, f. id..
I. A dividing of food, dissolving, digestion (post-Aug.): “sive concoctio sit illa, sive tantum digestio,” Cels. 1 praef. § 63; “2, 14, § 7: facilis ciborum,” Quint. 11, 3, 19; Capitol. Ver. 4; Sol. 27, 13; in plur., Macr. S. 7, 4.—
II. An orderly distribution, division, arrangement.
A. In gen.: “annorum,” Vell. 2, 53 fin.: (Italiae) in literas, i. e. an orderly description (shortly before, descriptio), Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46.—
B. Esp., as rhet. t. t., enumeration = μερισμός, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2; cf. id. 11, 33, 114.
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 (5):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.53
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.46
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.19
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