I. A making, preparing, producing, arranging, composing, completing: “hujus libri,” Cic. Sen. 1, 2; cf. “annalium,” id. de Or. 2, 12, 52: “materiae,” id. Div. 1, 51, 116 dub. (B. and K. consectio, v. Orell. N. cr.): “olei,” Pall. Nov. 5; cf. Veg. 6, 10, 2: “belli,” Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1: “memoriae,” id. Part. Or. 7, 26: “tributi,” i. e. an exaction, id. Fl. 9, 20: “testamenti,” Cod. Just. 6, 23, 27. —*
B. Concr., that which is prepared, made, Pall. Oct. 17, 2.—
II. A diminishing, destroying: “escarum,” a chewing, masticating, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134: valetudinis, a weakening, impairing, id. Hortens. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 269, 22.