complexĭo (
complexĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. complector (Ciceron.), a combination, connection. Prop. In gen.: (atomorum), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19.—Of the zodiac, App. de Mundo, p. 57, 37.— Esp., in late Lat., for a physical constitution or habit: bona, Firm. Math. 5, 9.— Trop. In gen., a combination, association: cumulata bonorum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28.— Esp. Of discourse: brevis totius negotii, comprehension, comprisal, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37: mira verborum, id. Phil. 2, 37, 95.— T. t. In rhet. A period: longissima est igitur complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182: nec acervatim multa frequentans unā complexione devinciet, crowd into one period, id. Or. 25, 85.— A rhetorical figure, according to which one constantly recurs to what has been previously said, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20.— In philos. lang. A conclusion in a syllogism, Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28; 2, 29, 40; Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 67; 1, 40, 72; 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.— A dilemma, Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 45; Ascon. ad Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.— In gram., a contraction of two syllables into one, for the Gr. συναίρεσις and συναλοιφή (opp. divisio), Quint. 1, 5, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 6.
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complexĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. complector (Ciceron.), a combination, connection. Prop. In gen.: (atomorum), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19.—Of the zodiac, App. de Mundo, p. 57, 37.— Esp., in late Lat., for a physical constitution or habit: bona, Firm. Math. 5, 9.— Trop. In gen., a combination, association: cumulata bonorum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28.— Esp. Of discourse: brevis totius negotii, comprehension, comprisal, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37: mira verborum, id. Phil. 2, 37, 95.— T. t. In rhet. A period: longissima est igitur complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182: nec acervatim multa frequentans unā complexione devinciet, crowd into one period, id. Or. 25, 85.— A rhetorical figure, according to which one constantly recurs to what has been previously said, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20.— In philos. lang. A conclusion in a syllogism, Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28; 2, 29, 40; Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 67; 1, 40, 72; 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.— A dilemma, Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 45; Ascon. ad Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.— In gram., a contraction of two syllables into one, for the Gr. συναίρεσις and συναλοιφή (opp. divisio), Quint. 1, 5, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 6.
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