Definio, defínis, pen. prod. definiui, definîtum, pen. pro. definîre. Cic.To bound: to limit: to appointe the ende of a thing: to desine: to determine or discusse: to declare or shew.Eius fundr extremam partem oleæ directo ordine definiunt. Cicero. They doe bounde the vtrerinoste part of that ground with a rewe of olines planted.Bene dicere. non habet definitam aliquam regionem, cuius terminis septa teneatur. Cic.Hath no precise compasse.Vnamquanque rem certo naturæ termino definire. Author ad Herenoium. To bound in within the measure that nature appointeth.Circunscribere & definire. Ci. Definire & complecti. Ci. Concludere ac definire orationem. Ci. To conclude & ende.Aliquid breuiter illustrare, verbísque definire.Cic.Ædes sibi optimas definire.Cic.Definire alicui quid faciat.Cic.To declare, tell, shew or prescribe what he shoulde do.Horizon nostrum aspectum definit.Cicer.Endeth the compasse of our sight.Definire diem. Cæsar. To determine or appoint a day.Imperium. orbis terrarum terminis definite. Ci. To stretch their empire so farre as the world reacheth.Definire in quinquennium.Cicer.To appvint the tearme of fine peares.Definire legem alicui.Cic.To giue and assigne a condition.Certus ac definitus locus.Cic.Lucidè ac breuiter definire.Cic.Mala dolore. bona voluptate definiunt. Cic.They teache all things to be euil so farre as they be ioined with griefe or paine, and to be called good so facre as they be accompanied with pleasure. They appoint the limittes of euill to be paine, and of goodnesse to be pleasure.Definita animi moderatio. Author ad Heren. Modum vitæ suæ animi æquitare definire.Cic.Definire numerum & magnitudinem alicuius rei.Cic.Precisely to declare the number and bignesse of a thing.Res quas Romani gesserunt, orbis terræ regionibus definiuntur.Cic. Constituta & definita res. Cic.Quam vitam ingrediar, definias.Cic.Declare and shew precisely what kind of life I should take. Definire.Quintil.To desine and briefly declare what a thing is. Definitum est.Plaut. Non remittam, definitum est. It is concluded or determined.Definitum ac ceitum.Cic.Definitum & constitutum.Cic.
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dēfīnĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.I.To bound, to set bounds to; to limit, terminate, define (for syn. v. decerno—freq. in Cic.). A.Lit.: ejus fundi extremam partem oleae directo ordine definiunt, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22; cf. id. Rep. 2, 6: orbes caeli aspectum nostrum definiunt, id. Div. 2, 44; cf. id. N. D. 2, 40: orbem terrarum (loca), id. Balb. 28, 64; imperium populi R., id. Sest. 31, 67 al. —B.Trop.1.To designate by limiting; to limit, define, determine; to explain (cf. circumscribo, no. II. A.): genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest, Cic. Sest. 45, 97; cf. id. de Or. 1, 16, 70: universam et propriam oratoris vim, id. ib. 1, 15: definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda, id. Inv. 1, 8 fin.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 24; 2, 31fin.: omitto innumerabiles viros, etc.... unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis, etc., this only I declare, etc., id. ib. 1, 1fin.: probe definitur a Stoicis fortitudo, cum eam virtutem esse dicunt propugnantem pro aequitate, id. Off. 1, 19; 1, 27, 96; id. Fin. 2, 2 et saep.: nec uno modo definitur res eadem, Quint. 7, 3, 16; Tac. A. 6, 28 et saep.: aedes sibi optimas, hortos, etc., Cic. Phil. 8, 3, 9; cf.: ut suus cuique locus erat definitus, Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4: tempus adeundi, id. ib. 7, 83, 5: cf.: ante quem diem iturus sit, id. B. C. 1, 11, 2: annos, Quint. 12, 6, 1: consulatum in annos, Caes. B. C. 3, 82, 4; cf.: potestatem in quinquennium, Cic. Agr. 2, 13: ut quam vitam ingrediar, definias, id. Ac. 2, 36; cf. id. Quint. 27: non remittam: definitum est,
it is determined, decided
, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 43; Cic. Fat. 5, 9; Vulg. 1 Reg. 20, 33.—2. In opposition to breadth or laxity (cf. circumscribo, no. II. 2), to limit within certain bounds, to restrict, confine: non vagabitur oratio mea longius atque eis fere ipsis definietur viris, qui, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 3: quae sententia definit amicitiam paribus officiis ac voluntatibus, Cic. Lael. 16, 58; cf. id. de Or. 3, 28, 109: ex perduellium numero definitus, included in the definition of, Off. 3, 29, 107 (dub.). —II.To terminate, finish (very rare; perh. only in the foll. places): ut totam hujus generis orationem concludam atque definiam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 Zumpt; id. Or. 19 fin.: definito juvene, ended, i. e. slain, Apul. M. 8, p. 203, 20.—Hence, dēfīnītus, a, um, P. a. (according to no. I. B. 1), definite, limited, distinct, precise; plain, perspicuous (rare, but good prose): quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod u(po/qesin Graeci, nos causam, etc., Cic. Top. 21; so opp. generales, Quint. 7, 2, 1: certum esse in caelo ac definitum locum, ubi, etc., Cic. Rep. 6, 13; so with certus, id. Fam. 3, 8; Quint. 7, 10, 7: quaestiones, Cic. Top. 24fin.—Adv.: dē-fīnītē, definitely, precisely, distinctly, etc., Cic. Balb. 14; de Or. 2, 27, 118; Plin. Pan. 88, 6; Gell. 1, 257 al.—Comp. and sup. do not occur.