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disjunctĭo or dījunctio , ōnis, f. disjungo,
I.a separation (a Ciceron. word).
I. In gen.: “in tanta disjunctione meorum, tanta acerbitate,” Cic. Sest. 21, 47; cf. “(amicorum), with alienatio,” id. Lael. 21: “animorum disjunctio dissensionem facit,” i. e. the diversity, difference, id. Agr. 2, 6, 14; cf. “sententiae,” id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40.—
II. In partic.
A. In philos. lang., an opposition of two propositions disjunctively connected in a syllogism, Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70; id. Top. 14, 56; id. Ac. 2, 30, 97; id. Fat. 16, 37; cf. disjunctus.—
B. In rhet., a fig. of speech.
1. Corresp. to the Gr. διεζευγμένον, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (quoted in Quint. 9, 1, 35); Auct. Her. 4, 27; Gell. 2, 7 fin.—
2. Corresp. to the Gr. συνωνυμία, i. e. the use of different words or phrases having the same import, Quint. 9, 3, 45.
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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    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.6.14
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    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.7
    • Cicero, Topica, 14.56
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