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|lshtext=<b>dēmonstrātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a showing or pointing [[out]], as [[with]] the [[finger]], an [[indication]], [[description]], [[designation]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[good]] [[prose]]): [[gestus]] universam rem et sententiam non demonstratione sed significatione declarans, Cic. de Or. 3, 59: conversam habere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 59: hujus generis [[demonstratio]] est, et [[doctrina]] ipsa [[vulgaris]], id. de Or. 3, 55, 209: temporum horum, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In [[rhetor]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[demonstrative]] or laudatory [[kind]] of [[oratory]], i. q. demonstrativum [[genus]], Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 13; 11, 3, 115.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[vivid]] [[delineation]], [[picturesque]] presentation, Gr. [[διατύπωσις]] [[ἐνέργεια]]>, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In jurisprud., a [[clear]] and [[complete]] [[declaration]] of one's [[will]], Dig. 35, tit. 1: de condicionibus et demonstrationibus, Gai. ib. 17; ib. 30, 1, 74.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The bounding or limiting of a [[place]], Dig. 8, 1, 13; 10, 1, 12.