terminatio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

termĭnātĭo: ōnis,f. termino,
I a bounding, fixing of bounds or limits.
I Lit., Inscr. Grut. 197, 5; 198, 2.—
II Trop., a fixing, determining (Ciceronian): quorum (verborum) descriptus ordo alias aliā terminatione concluditur, arrangement, Cic. Or. 59, 200: poëtica et versus inventus est terminatione aurium, determination, decision, id. ib. 53, 178: exposita terminatio rerum expetendarum, cur, etc., id. Fin. 5, 10, 27.