comprĕhensĭo | conp- (noun F) : (), , id.
* A seizing or laying hold of with the hands.
* Prop.
* In gen. (very rare): ingressus, cursus, sessio, comprehensio,Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94; cf. id. Ac. 2, 47, 145.
* Trop.
* In philos. lang., of a mental comprehending, perceiving; and in concr., a comprehension, perception, idea, transl. of the Gr. καταληψις: mens amplectitur maxime cognitionem et istam κατάληψιν, quam, ut dixi, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, cum ipsam per se amat, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 41 et saep.—In plur.: cogitationes comprehensionesque rerum,Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 49.
* The power to unite and grasp as a whole things which belong together: quanta ... consequentium rerum cum primis conjunctio et comprehensio esset in nobis,Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 147 Schoem. ad loc.
* In rhet.
* Expression, style, Cic. Or. 58, 198.
* Esp., a period: ut comprehensio numerose et apte cadat,Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. Brut. 44, 162; 8, 34; 37, 140 Orell. N. cr.; Quint. 9, 4, 124; 9, 115, 121 et saep.

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