linearis

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τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός → and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līnĕāris: e (or līnĭāris), adj. id.,
I of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear: pictura, the art of drawing with lines, without colors, Plin. 35, 3, 5, § 16: ratio, the science of lines, geometry, Quint. 1, 10, 36: probatio, a proving by means of lines, a mathematical demonstration, id. 1, 10, 49.—Adv.: līnĕārĭter, by lines, Boëth. Inst. Music. 3, 9 init.>