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dēcīsĭo , ōnis, f. 2. decīdo.
I. (Acc. to decīdo, no. II. B.) A diminishing: luminis, App. de Mundo, p. 71, 4.—Far more freq., and in good prose.—
II. (Acc. to decīdo, no. II. A.) A decision, settlement, agreement: “nostra de aequitate,” Cic. Caecin. 36 fin.: “dicat decisionem factam esse, quae facta non est,” id. Rosc. Com. 13, 48; id. Flacc. 36, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54: “quaestionis,” Dig. 5, 3, 25.
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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