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nōmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [nomino], a naming.

  1. * I. In gen.: consuetudo nominationum, Vitr. 6, 7, 7.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. In rhet. lang., a figure of speech, whereby a thing which has no name, or an unsuitable one, receives an appropriate name, Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42.
    2. B. A nomination to an office (rare but class.): paternum auguratus locum, in quem ego eum meā nominatione coöptabo, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12: nominatio in locum pontificis non est facta, Liv. 26, 23: consulum, Tac. A. 6, 45.