dē-termĭno, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. a., to enclose within boundaries, to bound; to limit, prescribe, determine (rare but class.).
* Prop.: regiones, limites, confinia,Plaut. Poen. prol. 49: augur regiones ab oriente ad occasum determinavit,Liv. 1, 18 fin.; cf. Asiam ab oriente Armenia minore, ab occidente Phrygia, etc.,Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 102: imaginem templi scipione in solo,id. 28, 2, 4, § 15.
* Transf., to fix, settle, determine: teli ictus,Lucr. 6, 403: segetes in diem,Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 77; cf.: diem jejuniis,Tert. adv. Psych. 2: senatoria et equestria officia biennio spatio,Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. Or. 16: id quod dicit spiritu, non arte determinat,measures,Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175: judicium determinat causas,Vulg. Prov. 26, 10: mensuram (Ponti),Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77.—Poet.: omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus,Cic. Poet. Div. 1, 12.

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