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cor-rŏtundo (conr- ), āvi, ātum, 1,
I.v. a., to make round, to round off (postAug.).
I. Prop.: “cometarum corpus,” Sen. Q. N. 7, 26, 2; 4, 3, 5; Petr. 39, 15.—
B. Trop.: “enthymemata sua gestu velut corrotundant,” Quint. 11, 3, 102.—*
II. Transf., of money (cf. rotundo, and our phrase, a round sum), to make up a sum of money: “centies sestertium,” Petr. 76, 8.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.102
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