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derivatio

derivatio · f

a leading off, turning off, turning away

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Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k
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What it meant

dērīvātĭo — Lewis & Short

dērīvātĭo, ōnis, f.derivo,

I a leading off, turning off, turning away.

I Lit.: derivationes fluminum, * Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: sollemnis (sc. lacus Albani), Liv. 5, 15 (cf. shortly before, priusquam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa foret).—

II Trop.

A In gen.: dictum aliquod in aliquem usum tuum opportuna derivatione convertere, Macr. S. 6, 1.—

B Esp.

1 In grammat. lang., derivation, etymology of words, Plin. ap. Serv. Aen. 9, 706; Dig. 50, 16, 57; Charis. p. 73 P. et saep.—

2 In rhetor.

(a) An exchanging of one word for another of like meaning, to soften the expression (as fortis for temerarius, liberalis for prodigus, etc.), Quint. 3, 7, 25.—

(b) As rhet. fig. = parhgme/non, the development of a preceding statement or conception into a new thought, Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 14.

Where it came from

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