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suggestĭo (subg- ), ōnis, f. suggero. *
I. Lit., an adding to, addition: “potus suggestione auctus,Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 182.—
II. Trop. *
A. A rhet. fig., where the orator puts a question and answers it himself, a suggestion: “quod schema quidam per suggestionem vocant, i. e. per subjectionem,Quint. 9, 2, 15.—
B. A hint, intimation, suggestion (late Lat.), Vop. Aur. 14; 19; Symm. Ep. 9, 20; Inscr. Orell. 2.
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.15
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