nōmĭnātĭo (noun F) : nomino
* A naming. *
* In gen.: consuetudo nominationum,Vitr. 6, 7, 7.
* In partic.
* In rhet. lang., a figure of speech, whereby a thing which has no name, or an unsuitable one, receives an appropriate name, Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42.
* A nomination to an office (rare but class.): paternum auguratus locum, in quem ego eum meā nominatione coöptabo,Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12: nominatio in locum pontificis non est facta,Liv. 26, 23: consulum,Tac. A. 6, 45.