adiectio
Βίον καλὸν ζῇς, ἂν γυναῖκα μὴ τρέφῃς → Uxorem si non duxis, vives commode → Gut ist dein Leben, wenn du keine Frau ernährst
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
adjectĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I an adding to, addition, annexation.
I In gen.: Romana res adjectione populi Albani aucta, Liv. 1, 30: illiberalis, a small addition, id. 38, 14 ext.: caloris, Sen. Ep. 189: litterarum, Quint. 1, 5, 16; also the permission of adding, etc. (cf.: accessus, aditus): Hispalensibus familiarum adjectiones dedit, he granted to them the right of settling new families, Tac. II. 1, 78.—More freq.,
II Esp., as t. t.
A In archit.
1 A projection in the pedestal of columns, the cornice of the pedestal, Vitr. 3, 2.—
B In medicine, a strengthening, invigorating remedy: quae (i. e. diseases) non detractionibus, sed adjectionibus curantur, Vitr. 1, 6, 3.—
C In rhet., the repetition of the same word, e. g. occidi, occidi, Quint. 9, 3, 28 (in Cic., adjunctio, q. v.).—
D In auctions, the addition to a bid, Dig. 18, 2, 17 al.; cf. adicio.
