ratiocinatio: Difference between revisions

{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>rătĭōcĭnātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id., a rhet. and archit. t. t.<br /><b>I</b> In rhet.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[exercise]] of the [[reasoning]] powers, [[calm]] [[reasoning]], [[ratiocination]] (opp. [[impulsio]], a [[passionate]] [[feeling]], [[impulse]]; cf. [[argumentatio]]): [[ratiocinatio]] est [[diligens]] et considerata faciendi aliquid aut non faciendi [[excogitatio]], Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18: [[etiam]] sapientiae studiosos [[maxime]] medicos esse, si [[ratiocinatio]] hoc faceret, Cels. 1, praef. § 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[certain]] form of [[reasoning]], a [[syllogism]]: [[ratiocinatio]] est [[oratio]] ex ipsā re probabile aliquid eliciens, [[quod]] expositum et per se cognitum, suā se vi et ratione confirmet, Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 57; cf.: si ex [[alio]] colligitur aliud, nec improprium nec inusitatum [[nomen]] est ratiocinationis, Quint. 8, 4, 16; Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 152; Quint. 5, 10, 6; 3, 6, 15; 5, 14, 5 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A rhet. [[figure]], [[reasoning]] in an [[interrogative]] form: [[ratiocinatio]] est, per [[quam]] ipsi a nobis rationem poscimus, [[quare]] quidque dicamus, etc., Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> In archit., [[theory]] (opp.: [[fabrica]], [[practice]]): [[ratiocinatio]] est, quae res fabricatas solertiā ac ratione proportionis demonstrare [[atque]] explicare potest, Vitr. 1, 1, 1; 15.

}}