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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēfīniō (present infinitive dēfīnīre, perfect active dēfīnīvī, supine dēfīnītum); fourth conjugation
- to bound, set bounds to; to limit
- to define, explain, designate by limiting
- to terminate, finish
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References
- “definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- definio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
- to define a thing: rem (res) definire
- anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem