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definitivus

definitivus · adj

Definitive, explanatory

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Where it lives

De Inventione 7 · 2.11/10k
Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 1 · 0.9/10k
Adversus Praxean 1 · 0.68/10k

What it meant

dēfīnītīvus — Lewis & Short

dēfīnītīvus, a, um, adj.definio.

I Definitive, explanatory. So in the rhet. lang. of Cicero: constitutio, Inv. 2, 17; cf. ib. 1, 13: causa, id. Top. 24 fin. And in the later jurid. Lat.: sententia, a decisive, definitive sentence, Cod. Just. 7, 45, 3; 7, 64, 10 al.—

II In late Lat. = definitus, definite, distinct, plain: materia, Tert. adv. Herm. 38.—Adv.: dēfīnītīvē, definitively, plainly, distinctly: pronuntiare, Tert. Car. Christ. 18: loqui, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1 praef.

In the wild

definitiva Cicero, De Inventione 1.14.p1
definitivam Cicero, De Inventione 1.14.p1
definitiva Tertullian, Adversus Hermogenem 39
definitiva Cicero, De Inventione 2.154
definitiva Cicero, De Inventione 1.14.p1
definitivam Tertullian, Adversus Praxean 25

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