lineatio
From LSJ
ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
līnĕātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I the drawing of a line, a line: solis radii paribus lateribus lineationibus extenduntur, Vitr. 9, 4.—
II A feature, lineament: corporis, Firm. Math. 1, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
līnĕātĭō, ōnis, f. (lineo), ligne : Vitr. Arch. 9, 1, 13 et 10, 22, 10
