Demonstratio, Genus causæ, quam Dialectici definiunt, quum certis ac necessarijs rationibus aliquid comprobatur. Cic.A demonstration: a necessarie argument.Demonstratio & significatio. Ci.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dēmonstrātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a showing or pointing out, as with the finger, an indication, description, designation. I. In gen. (good prose): gestus universam rem et sententiam non demonstratione sed significatione declarans, Cic. de Or. 3, 59: conversam habere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 59: hujus generis demonstratio est, et doctrina ipsa vulgaris, id. de Or. 3, 55, 209: temporum horum, Plin. 4, 13, 27, 93.—In plur., Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13.—II. In partic. A. In rhetor. 1.The demonstrative or laudatory kind of oratory, i. q. demonstrativum genus, Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 13; 11, 3, 115.—2.A vivid delineation, picturesque presentation, Gr. diatu/pwsis e)ne/rgeia, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 40.—B. In jurisprud., a clear and complete declaration of one's will, Dig. 35, tit. 1: de condicionibus et demonstrationibus, Gai. ib. 17; ib. 30, 1, 74.—b.The bounding or limiting of a place, Dig. 8, 1, 13; 10, 1, 12.
