infirmatio
From LSJ
Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
infirmātĭo: ōnis. f. 1. infirmo,
I a weakening, invalidating.
I Rerum judicatarum, Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8; 2, 4, 10.—
II Transf., a refuting, disproving: judicatio est, quae ex infirmatione et confirmatione rationis nascitur controversia, Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; 2, 21, 62.
