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

  1. 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.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. In rhetor.
      1. 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. 2. A vivid delineation, picturesque presentation, Gr. διατύπωσις ἐνέργεια, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 40.
    2. 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.
        1. b. The bounding or limiting of a place, Dig. 8, 1, 13; 10, 1, 12.

dēmonstrātīvē, adv., demonstratively, v. the foll. art. fin.

dēmonstrātīvus, a, um, adj. [demonstro], pointing out, designating.

  1. I. In gen. (very rarely): digitus, the indexfinger, forefinger, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 21.
  2. II. In rhetor., demonstrative, = ἐγκωμιαστικόν: genus (orationis), a branch of rhetoric employed in praising or censuring, i. e. laudatory or vituperative (usuually the former), Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7; Quint. 3, 4, 14; 2, 10, 11: causa, Cic. Inv. 2, 4: materia, Quint. 3, 8, 53; 11, 1, 48: pars orationis, id. 2, 21, 23; cf. 7, 4, 2.
    1. B. Subst.: dēmonstrātīva, ae, f., demonstrative kind of oratory, Quint. 3, 8, 63 sq.; 3, 8, 8.
      * Adv.: dēmonstrātīvē, demonstratively, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16.

dēmonstrātor, ōris, m. [demonstro], one who points out or indicates; an indicator, exhibiter (very rare): uniuscujusque sepeliendi, * Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353: hujus rationis, Col. 3, 10, 20: medicinarum Aesculapius, Tert. Apol. 23.

dēmonstrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [demonstrator], pointing out, indicating: digitus, the index-finger, Isid. 11, 1, 70.