cavillatio

căvillātĭo, ōnis, f. [cavillor],

• a jeering, raillery, scoffing, irony in jest or in earnest: cum duo genera sint facetiarum, alterum aequabiliter in omni sermone fusum, alterum peracutum et breve: illa a veteribus superior cavillatio, haec altera dicacitas nominata est, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 218: cavillatio est jocosa calumniatio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 75 (229); id. Truc. 3, 2, 17 (685); Suet. Vesp. 23; Gell. 5, 5, 2: inter consules magis cavillatio quam magna contentio de provinciā fuit, Liv. 42, 32, 1: acerba, Suet. Tib. 57: nominis, id. Gram. 3.—
• II Meton., an empty, sophistical discourse, sophistry (so most freq. in Quint.), Cic. ap. Sen. Ep. 111, 1; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 177: ineptae, Quint. 7, 9, 4: infelix verborum, id. 10, 7, 14; cf. id. 2, 17, 7: manifesta, id. 9, 1, 15: juris, id. 7, 4, 37: sine metu cavillationis, id. 2, 14, 5.

cavillātio, ōnis, f. (cavillor), I) das scherzhafte Aufziehen, Hänseln, die Neckerei, Stichelei, Ironie in Scherz od. Ernst (vgl. Cic. de or. 2, 218), Plaut., Liv. u.a.: c. mimica, Solin. – II) das leere, sophistische Gerede, die Sophisterei (vgl. Sen. ep. 111 in. Ulp. dig. 50, 16, 177), inepta, Quint.: infelix verborum, Wortmäkelei, Quint.: cavillationes iuris, sophistische Rechtsfragen, Quint.: syllogismi et cavillationes, Sen.

cavillatio [CL] , mockery, scoffing. b trickery, sophistry. c (leg.) cavil, quibble, captious objection. cum furibundo ~onis ludibrio Aldh. Met. 7; cabillatio, glio GlC C 26; ~o, calumn[i]a vel lusio verbi Erf. 2. 272. 62; 9‥ ~one, †geslitgliwe[l. geflitgliwe] WW.  b 933 subdola ~one deceptus CS 694; c975 (12c) philargiriae seductus ~one Ib. 1319 (cf. CD 684); figuras grammatice, colores rethoricos, ~ones sophismatum ‥ proponebat in medio J. Sal. Met. 854CD; verborum inutilibus ~onibus exagitantur Neckam NR II 113.  c sine †cabellatione, sine argumento GlC C 26; 1223 nullam querentes ‥ occasionem vel ~onem quominus inter nos et vos pax ‥ reformetur Pat 389; 1226 ut decime feni ‥ omni ~one cessante ‥ decetero prestentur Cl 152b; 1235 rescribat ‥ sine aliqua cavellatione BNB III 136; 1244 reddet denarios sine omni contradictione vel †calvillatione CurR XVIII 1147; non cessat impietas machinationum, ‥ calliditates ~onum ‥ processui salutis obluctari Ad. Marsh Ep. 213; c1250 excepcione et cavelacione qualibet cessante Reg. S. Aug. 376; c1250 quiete ‥ ab omnibus sectis, placitis, causis, ~onibus [MonExon 360: †cancellationibus], et querelis MonA V 691; 1300 omni excepcioni, ~oni, defensioni ‥ ac omni juris remedio ‥ renunciantes Reg. Carl. I 137; 1369 absque fraude, ficcione seu cavelacione aliqua FormA 13.

căvillātĭō, (13) ōnis, f. (cavillor), ¶ 1 badinage, enjouement : cavillatio, genus facetiarum in omni sermone fusum Cic. de Or. 2, 218, lʼenjouement est un ton plaisant répandu dans lʼensemble des propos ¶ 2 subtilité, sophisme : cavillatio verborum infelix Quint. 10, 7, 14, stérile chicane de mots, cf. Cic. d. Sen. Ep. 111, 1 ; Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 1.

cavillatio , onis. f. et, v. cavillator
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cavillātiō ōnis, f

• cavillor, a jeering, raillery, scoffing, irony, C.: inter consules, L.