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possessĭo , ōnis, f. possido.
I. A taking possession of, seizing, occupying, taking (= κτῆσις), bonorum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24: “regni,Liv. 33, 41, 3: “mittere in possessionem,to send to take possession, Cic. Quint. 26, 83: “Monam insulam, a cujus possessione revocatum Paulinum memoravi, etc.,Tac. Agr. 18: “si mare intretur, promptam ipsis possessionem,id. A. 2, 5.—
II. Transf.
A. In abstr., a possessing, holding, possession, occupation: “possessio est, ut definit Gallus Aelius, usus quidam agri, aut aedificii, non ipse fundus, aut ager,Fest. p. 233 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 ib.: possessio appellata est, ut Labeo ait, a sedibus, quasi positio, quia naturaliter tenetur ab eo, qui ei insistit, quam Graeci κατοχὴν dicunt, Dig. 41, 21: “certā re et possessione deturbari,Cic. Fam. 12, 25: “hortorum,id. Mil. 27, 75: “fundi,id. ib. 27, 75: “in possessionem proficisci,to come into possession, id. Quint. 27, 85: “in possessionem venire,id. Att. 4, 2, 3: “possessionem restituere,id. Fam. 10, 27, 1: “in possessionem dare,Vulg. Lev. 14, 34: “esse in possessione bonorum,Cic. Caecin. 7, 19: “possessionem bonorum dare alicui,id. Fam. 7, 21: “tradere,Caes. B. G. 1, 44: “tenere,Nep. Tim. 2, 4: “ponere se in possessione,to take possession, Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 2: “si ignis prima possessio rerum fuit, qui paulatim exstinctus, sedem terris dedit,if at first fire possessed the world, Just. 2, 1, 15.—
III. Trop., possession: “prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio,Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122: “judicii ac defensionis,id. ib. 2, 49, 200: laud is, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2: res publica in possessione victoriae permanebit, id. ap. ib. 10, 21, 6.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.27.1
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    • Cornelius Nepos, Atticus, 14.3
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 41.3
    • Seneca, de Ira, 1.7.2
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