- ratiocinativus
- rătĭōcĭnātīvus, a, um, adj. [id.].I.In rhet., of or belonging to reasoning, syllogistic, ratiocinative:II.
genus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 17:quaestio,
Quint. 7, 1, 60:status,
id. 7, 8, 3; cf. id. 3, 6, 46; 61; 5, 10, 6.—In gram.: ratiocinativa conjunctio, serving for inference, illative, as ergo, igitur, Diom. p. 410 P.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.