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oscitatio

oscitatio · f

an opening of the mouth wide

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Where it lives

De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

oscĭtātĭo — Lewis & Short

oscĭtātĭo, ōnis, f.oscito,

I an opening of the mouth wide, a gaping.

I In gen.: conchas pandentes sese quādam oscitatione, a gaping, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107.—

II In partic., a gaping, yawning, Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42; Gell. 4, 20, 9; Mart. 2, 6, 4.—

B Trop.: sed Bruti senis oscitationes, tediousnesses, tedious writings, Stat. S. 4, 9, 20: non ipse (judex) nostrā oscitatione solvatur, by our languid speaking, Quint. 11, 3, 3.

In the wild

oscitatione Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae 10.14.4
oscitatione Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 11.3.3
Oscitatio Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.16.24
oscitatio Seneca, De Ira 2.4.2
oscitationem Seneca, De Clementia 2.6.4
oscitatio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.6

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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