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noun

excōgĭtātĭo

gen. excōgĭtātōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
a thinking out; a contriving; devising •
a thinking out, a contriving, devising, inventing (syn. inventio): quid? illa vis quae tandem est, quae investigat occulta, quae inventio atque excogitatio dicitur? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61: excogitationem non habent difficilem, may be thought out without difficulty, id. de Or. 2, 27, 120: hominum malae artis, Vulg. Sap. 15, 4.
Perseus ID: n16704 Key: excogitatio