conceptio

conceptĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

I.

Prop.

A.

A comprehending; hence, concr., a circuit, compass:

summa omnium naturae rerum (mundus),

the system of the universe, Vitr. 9, 4, 2:

tota mundi,

id. 6, 1, 6.—

B.

Aquae, a collection, reservoir, Front. Aquaed. 66; 67; 71; 73 al.—

C.

A conception, a becoming pregnant, Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50; Plin. 22, 22, 40, § 83;

and imbrium (as fructifying the earth),

Vitr. 8 praef. —

II.

Trop.

A.

A composing, drawing up of juridical formulas Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 58; Dig. 3, 5, 46; 12, 2, 34; 24, 3, 56; 48, 2, 3 al.—Hence,

B.

Rei, an expression, Gell. 11, 13, 9.—

C.

In late gram., a syllable, Charis. p. 1 P.