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translativus

translativus · adj

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Where it lives

De Inventione 4 · 1.21/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

translātīvus — Lewis & Short

translātīvus, a, um, adj.translatio, II. B.,

I of or belonging to transference, that is to be transferred, translative.

I Adj.: constitutio, Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 10: genus causae, Quint. 3, 6, 75: quaestiones, id. 3, 6, 52.—

II Subst., metalepsis, = meta/lhyin, quam nos varie translativam, transumptivam, transpositivam vocamus, Quint. 3, 6, 46.— Adv.: translātīvē, gram. t. t., in transferred meaning, metaphorically, Isid. 17, 6, 23; Schol. Juv. 13, 22.

In the wild

translativam Cicero, De Inventione 1.16.p1
translativa Cicero, De Inventione 1.14.p1
translativam Cicero, De Inventione 1.14.p1
translatiuum Suetonius, Divus Augustus 10.2
translativam Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.6.46
translativa Cicero, De Inventione 2.57

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