The corpus record — Latin

designatio

s. v

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Where it lives

De Architectura 7 · 1.21/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Annales 2 · 0.23/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

dēsignātĭo — Lewis & Short

dēsignātĭo or dissignātio (the latter form better in sense II. Brambach

I s. v. Lex Jul. Munic. ap. Corp. Inscr. Lat. p. 206), ōnis, f. id..

I A marking out, describing, designating: cellarum, Vitr. 5, 5: undarum, id. 5, 3: quadrata, id. 3, 1, 3. —Transf., a specification: personarum et temporum, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 138; Lact. 4, 15, 5.—

II A disposition, arrangement: totius operis, Cic. N. D. 1, 8 fin.: librorum meorum, id. Att. 4, 46.—

B The selection, designation to a public office; of consuls: annua designatio, Tac. A. 2, 36 fin.: consulatus, Suet. Caes. 9.

Where it came from

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