suggestio
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
suggestĭo: (subg-), ōnis, f. suggero. *
I Lit., an adding to, addition: potus suggestione auctus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 182.—
II Trop. *
A A rhet. fig., where the orator puts a question and answers it himself, a suggestion: quod schema quidam per suggestionem vocant, i. e. per subjectionem, Quint. 9, 2, 15.—
B A hint, intimation, suggestion (late Lat.), Vop. Aur. 14; 19; Symm. Ep. 9, 20; Inscr. Orell. 2.
