divinatio

τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior

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dīvīnātĭo: ōnis, f. divino.
I The faculty of foreseeing, predicting, divination, μαντική (cf.: augurium, auspicium, vaticinium, praesagium, praedictio), Cic. Div. 1, 1; 2, 5, 13; 2, 63, 130; id. N. D. 1, 22, 55; id. Leg. 2, 13, 32; id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; Nep. Att. 9, 1; 16 fin.: animi, Cic. Fam. 3, 13: mendax, Vulg. Ezech. 13, 7.—
II Jurid. t. t., an examination, as to which of several accusers presenting themselves was the most proper to conduct the accusation. So the title of Cicero's oration against Caecilius: Divinatio in Caecilium; cf. Ascon. Argum.; Quint. 3, 10, 3; 7, 4, 33; Gell. 2, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 3; Suet. Caes. 55.

dīvīnātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (divino),
1 divination, art de deviner, de prédire : Cic. Div. 1, 1, etc.