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rēsponsĭo, ōnis, f. [respondeo].

      1. 1. An answer, reply; a refutation (rare but class.; syn. responsum): in quo erat accusatoris interpretatio indigna responsione, Cic. Balb. 16, 36; Gell. 12, 12, 1: responsio mollis frangit iram, Vulg. Prov. 15, 1.
        In plur., Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 63.
      2. 2. In rhet.: sibi ipsi responsio, a replying to one’s own argument, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 35; 9, 3, 90 (cf.: ut quasi ad interrogata sibi ipse respondeat, Cic. Or. 40, 137).

rēsponsĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. [respondeo, II. A. 2. a.]; of lawyers, to give an answer, opinion, advice, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5; id. Leg. 1, 4, 14 Mos. N. cr.; Gell. 13, 10, 1; Dig. 3, 1, 1.

rēsponsīvē, adv. [respondeo], responsively, Ascon. Ped. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 148.

rēsponsīvus, a, um, adj. [respondeo], answering, responsive: sententia, Jul. Rufin. Fig. Sent. 19; Isid. 2, 21, 18 (dub.): verba, Prisc. 574 P.