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mī^grātĭo , ōnis, f. migro,
I.a removal, a changing of one's habitation, migration (class.).
I. Lit.: “haec migratio nobis misera,” Liv. 5, 53: “migrationem esse mortem in eas oras, quas, qui vitā excesserunt, incolunt,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 27; id. Cael. 8, 18.—*
II. Trop.: “cui verbo (fideliter) domicilium est proprium in officio, migrationes in alienum multae,” transfers, metaphorical uses, Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1.
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 (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.17.1
    • Cicero, For Marcus Caelius, 8.18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 53
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.41
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