- adjunctio
- adjunctĭo, ōnis, f. [adjungo], a joining or binding to, a union or conjunction (Cicero; esp. in his rhet. writings).I.In gen.: si haec (sc. phusikê hê pros ta tekna) non est, nulla potest homini esse ad hominem naturae adjunctio, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 4; so,II.
animi,
Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 6, 21.—Esp.A.An addition:B.virtutis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 13, [p. 38] 39:verborum,
id. Part. Or. 5, 16.—Hence,In rhet.1.A limitation or restriction made by an addition, a limiting or restricting adjunct:2.esse quasdam cum adjunctione necessitudines... illic, in superiore, adjunctio (i. e. exceptio) est haec: nisi malint, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 171.—A figure of speech, acc. to Forcell. = sumplokê, repetition of the same word, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206 (as an example, v. Agr. 2, 9: Quis legem tulit? Rullus. Quis majorem partem populi suffragiis prohibuit? Rullus.); acc. to Auct. Her., we have an adjunctio when the verb stands either at the beginning or at the end of a clause, as opp. to conjunctio, i. e. when the verb is interposed amid the words, 4, 27, 38; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 33, and 9, 3, 62.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.