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dīvīnātĭo (noun F) : divino.
* The faculty of foreseeing, predicting, divination, μαντική (cf.: augurium, auspicium, vaticinium, praesagium, praedictio),Cic. Div. 1, 1; 2, 5, 13; 2, 63, 130; id. N. D. 1, 22, 55; id. Leg. 2, 13, 32; id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; Nep. Att. 9, 1; 16 fin.: animi,Cic. Fam. 3, 13: mendax,Vulg. Ezech. 13, 7.
* Jurid. t. t., an examination, as to which of several accusers presenting themselves was the most proper to conduct the accusation. So the title of Cicero's oration against Caecilius: Divinatio in Caecilium; cf. Ascon. Argum.; Quint. 3, 10, 3; 7, 4, 33; Gell. 2, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 3; Suet. Caes. 55.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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