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ē-māno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to flow out (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif. and in Cic.).

Lit., Lucr. 3, 583; Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30; Col. 6, 32, 1; Gell. 19, 5, 6 al.—

Trop.

To spring out of, to arise, proceed, emanate from:

alii quoque allo ex fonte praeceptores dicendi emanaverunt,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 7; cf. id. Cael. 8, 19:

ex quo (loco) vis omnis oportet emanet ratiocinationis,

id. Inv. 1, 37, 67; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

hinc haec recentior Academia emanavit,

id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

istinc mala,

id. Att. 7, 21:

singularem eloquii suavitatem ore ejus emanaturam,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 3 ext. —

To spread itself, be diffused:

emanabat latius malum,

Flor. 4, 9, 5.—Esp. freq.,

In partic., of things that are made public, to spread abroad, become known:

oratio in vulgus emanare poterit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 3; cf. id. Att. 3, 12, 2; id. Brut. 65; id. Verr. 2, 1, 1; id. Leg. 1, 14 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 2; Liv. 8, 3; 42, 16; 44, 35 et saep.; cf. with a subject acc. and inf.:

multis emanabat indiciis fratrem Volscii ne assurrexisse quidem ex morbo,

Liv. 3, 24, 4; Suet. Ner. 6.

prōpŏsĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [propono].

A setting forth or proposing, a representation.

(Mental;

class.) Vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39:

rerum magnarum cum animi amplā quādam propositione cogitatio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 163.—

(In words.) Sunt quaedam tam breves causae, ut propositionem potius habeant quam narrationem, Quint. 4, 2, 4; cf. Dig. 2, 1, 7, § 2.—

A design, purpose, resolution, determination:

propositio animi,

Dig. 50, 16, 225.—

In logic, the first proposition of a syllogism (class.):

propositio est, per quem locus is breviter exponitur, ex quo vis omnis oportet emanet ratiocinationis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 67; 1, 34, 35; Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28.—

Transf.

A principal subject, theme (class.), Cic. de Or. 3, 53; Sen. Ben. 6, 7, 1; Quint. 5, 14, 1.—

Still more generally, a proposition of any kind (post-Aug.), Quint. 7, 1, 47, § 9; Gell. 2, 7, 21.—

In jurid. lang., a statement of a question of law; a case submitted for legal opinion, Dig. 16, 1, 19, § 1; 36, 4, 6.—

Esp. in bibl. lang., a setting forth for public view:

panes propositionis,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 30; id. Marc. 2, 26 et saep.

rătĭōcĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a rhet. and archit. t. t.

In rhet.

An exercise of the reasoning powers, calm reasoning, ratiocination (opp. impulsio, a passionate feeling, impulse; cf.

argumentatio): ratiocinatio est diligens et considerata faciendi aliquid aut non faciendi excogitatio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18:

etiam sapientiae studiosos maxime medicos esse, si ratiocinatio hoc faceret,

Cels. 1, praef. § 49.—

A certain form of reasoning, a syllogism:

ratiocinatio est oratio ex ipsā re probabile aliquid eliciens, quod expositum et per se cognitum, suā se vi et ratione confirmet,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 57; cf.:

si ex alio colligitur aliud, nec improprium nec inusitatum nomen est ratiocinationis,

Quint. 8, 4, 16; Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 152; Quint. 5, 10, 6; 3, 6, 15; 5, 14, 5 al.—

A rhet. figure, reasoning in an interrogative form:

ratiocinatio est, per quam ipsi a nobis rationem poscimus, quare quidque dicamus, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23.—

In archit., theory (opp.:

fabrica, practice): ratiocinatio est, quae res fabricatas solertiā ac ratione proportionis demonstrare atque explicare potest,

Vitr. 1, 1, 1; 15.