dēsignātĭo | dissignātio (noun F) : or (the latter form better in sense II. Brambach
* S. v. Lex Jul. Munic. ap. Corp. Inscr. Lat. p. 206), , f. id..
* A marking out, describing, designating: cellarum,Vitr. 5, 5: undarum,id. 5, 3: quadrata,id. 3, 1, 3. —Transf., a specification: personarum et temporum,Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 138; Lact. 4, 15, 5.
* A disposition, arrangement: totius operis,Cic. N. D. 1, 8 fin.: librorum meorum,id. Att. 4, 46.
* The selection, designation to a public office; of consuls: annua designatio,Tac. A. 2, 36 fin.: consulatus,Suet. Caes. 9.

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