dēpŏsĭtĭo (noun F) : depono (post-Aug.; most freq. in jurid. Lat.).
* Lit., a laying down, putting off.
* A depositing for safe-keeping, Dig. 16, 3, 1; 5; 17.
* Trop.
* A depositing in the earth, burying, Inscr. Orell. 1121 (of 384 A.D.).
* A parting from, getting rid of: carnis sordium,Vulg. 1 Pet. 3, 21; cf.: tabernaculi mei,i. e. the body,id. 2 Pet. 1, 14.
* In gen.: testium, a deposition, testimony, Cod. 2, 43, 3: dignitatis, a lowering, degradation, Dig. 48, 19, 8 init.
* In rhetor.
* The close of a period: prout aut depositio aut inceptio aut transitus postulabit,Quint. 11, 3, 46 Spald.
* The lowering of voice, sound, or speed of utterance, = Gr. θέσις (opp. ἄρσις = elatio), Mart. Cap. 9, § 974.

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