demonstratio

dēmonstrātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a showing or pointing out, as with the finger, an indication, description, designation.

I.

In gen. (good prose):

gestus universam rem et sententiam non demonstratione sed significatione declarans,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59:

conversam habere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 59:

hujus generis demonstratio est, et doctrina ipsa vulgaris,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

temporum horum,

Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93.—In plur., Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13.—

II.

In partic.

A.

In rhetor.

1.

The demonstrative or laudatory kind of oratory, i. q. demonstrativum genus, Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 13; 11, 3, 115.—

2.

A vivid delineation, picturesque presentation, Gr. diatupôsis energeia, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 40.—

B.

In jurisprud., a clear and complete declaration of one's will, Dig. 35, tit. 1:

de condicionibus et demonstrationibus,

Gai. ib. 17; ib. 30, 1, 74.—

b.

The bounding or limiting of a place, Dig. 8, 1, 13; 10, 1, 12.