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Menander, Monostichoi, 304-305

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

inventĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I an inventing, invention (class.).
I In gen.: illa vis quae investigat occulta, quae inventio atque excogitatio dicitur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61; 1, 26, 65; Plin. Pan. 72.—
II Rhet., the faculty of invention: inventio est excogitatio rerum verarum aut verisimilium, quae causam probabilem reddant, Auct. Her. 1, 2; cf.: partes eae (rhetoricae artis) . . . inventio, dispositio, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 7, 9: rerum, Quint. 12, 10, 36.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

inventĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (invenio),
1 action de trouver, de découvrir, découverte : Cic. Off. 1, 6