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lŏcātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a placing, locating; a disposition, arrangement.
I. In gen.: “recta locatio, prioribus sequentia annectens,” Quint. 7, 1, 1 dub. (Zumpt, collocatio): “locatio verborum,” id. 9, 4, 32.—
II. In partic., a letting out, leasing: “quae (porticus) consulum locatione reficiebatur,” Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2: “fundi,” Col. 1, 7, 3: “locationes praediorum rusticorum,” the farming out of the Macedonian crown-lands, Liv. 45, 18.—
B. Transf., a contract of letting or hiring, a lease, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9: “consensu fiunt obligationes in locationibus,” Gai. Inst. 3, 135; 142 sqq.
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 (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.17.9
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.3.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 1.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.32
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.7.3
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