delivery Copy link Outline I. A setting free, etc.II. Act of bringing forth children1. partus, ūs (child-birth)2. partūra (= partus)3. puerpĕrium, Pl.III. Utterance and gesture1. actio2. prōnuntiātio3. ēlŏcūtio (oratorical d.) • delivery: I. A setting free, etc.: v. deliverance. II. Act of bringing forth children: 1. partus, ūs (child-birth): Cic. 2. partūra (= partus): Varr. 3. puerpĕrium, Pl.: Tac.: Gell. (N.B.--May often be expr. by a verb: as, after d., enixa: to have a hard d., difficile, cum magnis doloribus parere: v. bring forth.) III. Utterance and gesture: 1. actio: dignity of d., actionis dignitas, Cic.: v. action. 2. prōnuntiātio: d. is by most persons called action, pr. a plerisque actio dicitur, Quint. (Actio is the more comprehensive term, and includes the entire movement and bearing of a speaker.) 3. ēlŏcūtio (oratorical d.): Cic.: v. elocution.