dērīvātĭo
dērīvātĭo, ōnis, f. derivo, a leading off, turning off, turning away. Lit.: derivationes fluminum, * Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: sollemnis (sc. lacus Albani), Liv. 5, 15 (cf. shortly before, priusquam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa foret).— Trop. In gen.: dictum aliquod in aliquem usum tuum opportuna derivatione convertere, Macr. S. 6, 1.— Esp. In grammat. lang., derivation, etymology of words, Plin. ap. Serv. Aen. 9, 706; Dig. 50, 16, 57; Charis. p. 73 P. et saep.— In rhetor. An exchanging of one word for another of like meaning, to soften the expression (as fortis for temerarius, liberalis for prodigus, etc.), Quint. 3, 7, 25.— As rhet. fig. = παρηγμένον, the development of a preceding statement or conception into a new thought, Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 14.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
dērīvātĭo
Headword (normalized/stripped):
derivatio
Intro Text:
dērīvātĭo, ōnis, f. derivo, a leading off, turning off, turning away. Lit.: derivationes fluminum, * Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: sollemnis (sc. lacus Albani), Liv. 5, 15 (cf. shortly before, priusquam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa foret).— Trop. In gen.: dictum aliquod in aliquem usum tuum opportuna derivatione convertere, Macr. S. 6, 1.— Esp. In grammat. lang., derivation, etymology of words, Plin. ap. Serv. Aen. 9, 706; Dig. 50, 16, 57; Charis. p. 73 P. et saep.— In rhetor. An exchanging of one word for another of like meaning, to soften the expression (as fortis for temerarius, liberalis for prodigus, etc.), Quint. 3, 7, 25.— As rhet. fig. = παρηγμένον, the development of a preceding statement or conception into a new thought, Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 14.
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