(adjective) : dēmonstrātīvus, a, um, demonstro
* Pointing out, designating.
* In gen. (very rarely): digitus,the indexfinger, forefinger,Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 21.
* In rhetor., demonstrative, = ἐγκωμιαστικόν: genus (orationis), a branch of rhetoric employed in praising or censuring, i. e. laudatory or vituperative (usuually the former), Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7; Quint. 3, 4, 14; 2, 10, 11: causa,Cic. Inv. 2, 4: materia,Quint. 3, 8, 53; 11, 1, 48: pars orationis,id. 2, 21, 23; cf. 7, 4, 2.
* Subst.: dēmonstrātīva, ae, f., demonstrative kind of oratory, Quint. 3, 8, 63 sq.; 3, 8, 8.—* Adv.: dēmonstrātīvē, demonstratively, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16.

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