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notatio

notatio · f

a marking, noting

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Where it lives

Topica 6 · 8.76/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 2 · 0.96/10k
Brutus 2 · 0.8/10k
De Divinatione 2 · 0.73/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

nŏtātĭo — Lewis & Short

nŏtātĭo, ōnis, f.noto,

I a marking, noting.

I In gen.: tabellarum, i. e. the marking of the voting-tablets with wax of different colors, Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—

II In partic.

A The inflicting of disgrace by the nota censoria; v. nota, II. B. 2.: ad notationes auctoritatemque censoriam, Cic. Clu. 46, 128.—

B A designation, choice: delectus et notatio judicum, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13.—

C A noticing, observing, observation: notatio naturae et animadversio peperit artem, Cic. Or. 55, 183: quae notatione et laude digna sint, id. Brut. 17, 65: notatio temporum, chronology, id. ib. 19, 74.—

D The designating of the meaning and derivation of a word, etymology: tum notatio, cum ex vi verbi argumentum aliquid elicitur, Cic. Top. 2, 10; cf.: multa etiam ex notatione sumuntur. Ea est autem, cum ex vi nominis argumentum elicitur: quam Graeci e)tumologi/an vocant, id est verbum e verbo, veriloquium, id. ib. 8, 35; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 28.—

E The use of letters to denote entire words, a species of short-hand: ad quas notationes publicas accessit, etc., Val. Prob. de Jur. Not. Signif. 1.—

F Rhet. t. t., a describing, depicting, characterizing: notatio est cum alicujus natura certis describitur signis, quae sicuti notae quaedam naturae sunt attributae, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.

In the wild

notatio Cicero, De Oratore 2.358
notatione Cicero, Topica 35
notatio Cicero, Orator 183
notatione Cicero, Topica 36
notatio Cicero, De Divinatione 2.44.p2
notatione Cicero, De Divinatione 2.87.p2

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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