Lewis & Short

termĭnātĭo, ōnis,f. [termino], a bounding, fixing of bounds or limits.

  1. I. Lit., Inscr. Grut. 197, 5; 198, 2.
  2. II. Trop., a fixing, determining (Ciceronian): quorum (verborum) descriptus ordo alias aliā terminatione concluditur, arrangement, Cic. Or. 59, 200: poëtica et versus inventus est terminatione aurium, determination, decision, id. ib. 53, 178: exposita terminatio rerum expetendarum, cur, etc., id. Fin. 5, 10, 27.