Concéptio, onis, f. g. Verbale Idem. Plin. Conception.Contra natutam concepuo.Cic.Formularum conceptio. Paulus. The making, writing, or drawing out of the forme of actions, complaintes, couenants, &c. as the lawyer doth for such as be ignorant, and can not doe it them selues.Conceptio verborum. Pomponius.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
conceptĭo, ōnis, f. [id.]. I. Prop. A.A comprehending; hence, concr., a circuit, compass: summa omnium naturae rerum (mundus),
the system of the universe
, Vitr. 9, 4, 2: tota mundi, id. 6, 1, 6.—B. Aquae, a collection, reservoir, Front. Aquaed. 66; 67; 71; 73 al.—C.A conception, a becoming pregnant, Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50; Plin. 22, 22, 40, 83; and imbrium (as fructifying the earth), Vitr. 8 praef.—II.Trop.A.A composing, drawing up of juridical formulasCic. Inv. 2, 19, 58; Dig. 3, 5, 46; 12, 2, 34; 24, 3, 56; 48, 2, 3 al.—Hence, B. Rei, an expression, Gell. 11, 13, 9.—C. In late gram., a syllable, Charis. p. 1 P.