contemplatio

Latin term · 4 occurrences · 2 works

Short definition (Lewis & Short): an attentive considering, a viewing, surveying, contemplation (in good prose).

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4 occurrences of this form in 2 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

Works using this form

Letters to Lucilius
Seneca · 3 occurrences
Letters
Pliny the Younger · 1 occurrences

Example passages

…Hoc idem virtus tibi ipsa praestabit, ut illam admireris et tamen speres. Mihi certe multum auferre temporis solet contemplatio ipsa sapientiae; non aliter illam intueor obstupefactus quam ipsum interim mundum, quem saepe tamquam spectator novus video.…

Seneca — Letters to Lucilius · Read in context

…Unde evenit ut, quod multi clamore permixto tuentur, nemo tacentibus ceteris dicere velit; patescit enim, cum separaris a turba, contemplatio rerum quae turba teguntur.…

Pliny the Younger — Letters · Read in context

Subjects

Prayer & monastic life

Related terms in Greek (same subject)

μοναχός (monachos) — Prayer & monastic life
προσευχή (proseuche) — Prayer & monastic life

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