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|lshtext=<b>fīnītĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[finio]] ([[post]]-Aug.).<br /><b>I</b> A limiting, [[limit]], [[boundary]], Vitr. 2, 1 fin.; 5, 4 fin.; 8, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> A determining, assigning, viz.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., a [[division]], [[part]], Hyg. Astr. 1, 6 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[definition]], [[explanation]] (esp. freq. in Quint.): [[finitio]] est rei propositae propria et dilucida et [[breviter]] comprehensa verbis [[enunciatio]], Quint. 7, 3, 2 sq.; 2, 15, 34; 3, 6, 49; 5, 10, 63 et saep.; Gell. 15, 9, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[rule]]: illam [[quasi]] finitionem veluti quandam legem sanxerunt, eos [[tantum]] surculos posse coalescere, qui, etc., Col. 5, 11, 12.—<br /><b>III</b> An [[end]]; esp.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[end]] of [[life]], [[death]], Inscr. Grut. 810, 10: FATI, Inscr. Orell. 4776.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Completeness: progressum esse ad hanc finitionem, Vitr. 2, 1, 8.
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