depulsio

dēpulsĭo, ōnis, f. [depello].

• A driving off, driving away, repelling, warding off.
• • A In gen.: depulsio mali, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41: doloris, id. ib. 5, 7, 17: servitutis, id. Phil. 8, 4, 12.—
  • B Esp. in rhetor., a defence against a charge, Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 79; 1, 10, 13; Cels. ap. Quint. 3, 6, 13; Quint. ib. § 17 al.—*
• II A lowering, sinking down of the eyes: luminum, Cic. Univ. 14, 42.

dēpulsio, ōnis, f. (depello), das Abstoßen, I) eig.: dep. luminum, pass. = das Zurückprallen, die Entfernung des Lichts, Cic. Tim. 49. – II) übtr., das Abwehren, das Abweisen, a) im allg.: mali (Ggstz. adeptio boni), Cic.: servitutis, Cic.: doloris, Cic.: Plur., depulsiones portentorum, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1. – b) insbes., als t. t. der Rhetor., die Abweisung, Abwälzung der Schuld, die Abwehr, (Ggstz. intentio), Cic. de inv. 1, 13. Quint. 3, 6, 19 u. bes. 3, 9, 1.

depulsio [CL] 1 rebuttal, rejoinder. intentio est propinquorum pupilli: “nostra est pecunia, de qua testatus non est propinquus noster”; ~o est: “immo nostra, qui heredes testamento patris sumus” Alcuin Rhet. 11; ~o, rejectio, objectio GlH D 217; archiepiscopus lese majestatis corone regie arguitur, quia ‥ a rege citatus ‥ neque venisset neque idonee se excusasset. archiepiscopi ~o nullum locum habuit, allegata ‥ curie sue integritate W. Fitzst. Thom. 40. 2 deposition (from office). s948 Stephanus et Constantinus ‥ filii Romani imperatoris ‥ patrem de palatii solio deponunt et tonso capite ad ‥ insulam ‥ transmittunt ‥ post patris ~onem ‥ ad idem monasterium ‥ et ipsi ‥ transmittuntur (Sig. Gembloux) Diceto Chr. 147.

dēpulsĭō, (16) ōnis, f. (depello), action de chasser, dʼéloigner : depulsio mali Cic. Fin. 2, 41, lʼéloignement du mal, cf. 5, 17 ; Phil. 8, 12 || [rhét.] action de repousser une accusation, thèse du défenseur : Cic. Inv. 2, 79.

depulsio , onis. f. et, v. depulso
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dēpulsiō ōnis, f

• de+1 PAL-, a driving off, driving away, repelling, warding off: mali: servitutis.—A defence, answer(to a charge), C.—A lowering, sinking: luminum.