conclusion Copy link Outline I. Close, endII. Determination, decisionIII. An inference drawn from arguments1. conclūsio (in logical sense)2. conjectūra (a c. or inference drawn from probable grounds)3. Or expr. by verb • conclusion: I. Close, end: q. v.: clausŭla, conclūsio, exĭtus, etc. Of a speech, pĕrōrātio, orationis dētermĭnātio, Cic. (If the act of concluding be meant, expr. by part. of verb: v. to conclude.) II. Determination, decision: q. v.: to come to a c., may often be expr. by plăcet, vĭdētur: as, they came to the c. that, etc., placuit (iis) ut, etc.: v. to resolve. III. An inference drawn from arguments: 1. conclūsio (in logical sense): he put the c. of the syllogism at the beginning, c. syllogismi in principio posuit, Gell. 2, 8, (but in Cic. conclusio and its dimin. conclusiuncula are used of the whole of the argument: as, Zenonis breves et acutulae conclusiones, N. D. 3, 7, 18). 2. conjectūra (a c. or inference drawn from probable grounds): many circumstances concur to lead me to this c., multa concurrunt simul, quî c. hanc facio, Ter.: I will leave the judges to draw their own c., ipsis judicibus conjecturam facere permittam, Cic.: to draw a c. from any circumstance, c. facere ex aliqua re, Cic. 3. Or expr. by verb: as, to draw c.s and form arguments, colligere et ratiocinari, Gell.: Cic.: to arrive at a c., argumentationes ita concludere ut efficiatur, etc., Cic. Or. 35, 122.