mĕdĭtātĭo — Lewis & Short
mĕdĭtātĭo, ōnis, f.meditor,
I a thinking over any thing, contemplation, meditation (class.).
I Lit. (very rare):
stultam esse meditationem futuri mali, aut fortasse ne futuri quidem,Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 32. —
II Transf.
A Preparation for any thing (so most freq.):
multa commentatio atque meditatio,Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118;
obeundi sui muneris,id. Phil. 9, 1, 2:
meditatio atque exercitatio,id. Div. 2, 46, 96:
nulla meditationis suspicio,id. Brut. 37, 139:
mortis,Sen. Ep. 54, 2:
campestris,Plin. Pan. 13, 35:
dicendi,Quint. 2, 10, 2:
rhetoricae,Gell. 20, 5, 2.—
B Of things, exercise, practice in any thing, custom, habit:
ramum edomari meditatione curvandi,Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137.