Lewis Short
conceptĭo (noun F) : id..
* Prop.
* 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.
* Trop.
* A conception, a becoming pregnant, Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50; Plin. 22, 22, 40, § 83; and imbrium (as fructifying the earth),Vitr. 8 praef.
* 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
* Rei, an expression, Gell. 11, 13, 9.
* In late gram., a syllable, Charis. p. 1 P.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary