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distinctĭo (noun F) : distinguo.
* (Acc. to distinguo, I. B.)
* In gen.
* (Acc. to distinguo, II.) A setting off, garnishing; an ornament: distinctio honosque civitatis,Plin. 28, 3, 3, § 13.
* In rhet. and gram.
* A separation, division, in discourse; and concr.,a mark of separation, sign of interpunction,Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186; Quint. 1, 5, 27; Diom. p. 432 P.
* A figure of speech, separation, distinction, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; Quint. 9, 3, 65; esp. the contrast of opposing ideas, id. 9, 3, 82; the parting of opposing voices or votes, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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