The corpus record — Latin

nominatio

nominatio · f

a naming

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Where it lives

Adversus Hermogenem 3 · 2.7/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k
Letters to and from Brutus 1 · 1.05/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
De Architectura 4 · 0.69/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 1 · 0.59/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
Adversus Marcionem 3 · 0.36/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

nōmĭnātĭo — Lewis & Short

nōmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f.nomino,

I a naming. *

I In gen.: consuetudo nominationum, Vitr. 6, 7, 7.—

II In partic.

A In rhet. lang., a figure of speech, whereby a thing which has no name, or an unsuitable one, receives an appropriate name, Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42.—

B A nomination to an office (rare but class.): paternum auguratus locum, in quem ego eum meā nominatione coöptabo, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12: nominatio in locum pontificis non est facta, Liv. 26, 23: consulum, Tac. A. 6, 45.

In the wild

nominationes Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.pr.2
nominationum Vitruvius, De Architectura 6.7.7.p1
nominationem Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.21
nominationem Tertullian, Adversus Hermogenem 26
nominationem Cicero, Letters to and from Brutus 1.7.1
nominatione Tertullian, De Carne Christi 7

6 of 20 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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