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rēsponsĭo , ōnis, f. respondeo.
1. An answer, reply; a refutation (rare but class.; “syn. responsum): in quo erat accusatoris interpretatio indigna responsione,” Cic. Balb. 16, 36; Gell. 12, 12, 1: “responsio mollis frangit iram,” Vulg. Prov. 15, 1.— In plur., Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 63.—
2. In rhet.: sibi ipsi responsio, a replying to one's own argument, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 35; 9, 3, 90 (cf.: “ut quasi ad interrogata sibi ipse respondeat,” Cic. Or. 40, 137).
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 (8):
    • Old Testament, Proverbs, 15.1
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 16.36
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 3.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.54
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 3.90
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.35
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 12.12.1
    • Cicero, Orator, 40.137
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