DELIVERY Copy link • DELIVERYAct of setting free, liberatio (setting free). Act of bringing forth children, partus (child-birth): cf., enixus, late, Plin.: untimely delivery, abortio. Act of delivering up, traditio (delivery or surrender to the enemy): deditio (full surrender into the power and disposal of the enemy): proditio (when accompanied with treachery). Manner in which anybody delivers himself (= speaks), genus dicendi; dictio (especially the manner of expressing thoughts by speech): actio (rhetorical delivery in reference to the proper modulation of the voice, the holding and motions of the body, especially in the representation of a theatrical piece): pronunciatio (including both speech and action, as far as the expression of the thoughts is concerned): elocutio (rhetorical delivery with reference to pronunciation, diction, and style, φράσις): a popular delivery, popularis dictio: a delivery full of life or spirit, actio plena animi or spiritus: a good delivery, facilis et profluens in dicendo celeritas (of the readiness with which words are found; the absence of hesitation, etc.): to have a good delivery, bene or commode dicere: a fluent or ready delivery, facilem esse in dicendo; facilem et expeditum esse ad dicendum.