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.
CONCLUSION Copy link • CONCLUSIONconclusio (the closing or finishing point, Cic., ad Qu. Fr. 1, 1, 16: in extrema parte et conclusione muneris ac negotii tui): finis: exitus (the end, the ultimate result): extrema pars (the last part of a matter), clausula (the conclusion of a letter, or any writing, consisting of a few words only, or a single sentence): epilogus (ἐπίλογος), pure Latin, conclusio or peroratio (the conclusion of a speech according to rules, in so far as it constitutes a definite and ultimate part of it): at the conclusion of the speech, in extrema oratione (in the latter part; in fine orationis, quite at the end): a letter, in the conclusion of which etc., epistola, in qua, extrema etc.: in conclusion, ad extremum: to bring a thing to a conclusion, aliquid ad finem or ad exitum adducere: to come to the conclusion, ad finem venire: (with regard to a speech) perorare (Vid: above peroratio): Conclusion of a syllogism, conclusio (Cic., Invent. 1, 29, 45, also with addition of rationis): ratiocinatio (the conclusion or proof deduced from the syllogism): an acute conclusion, acute conclusum: a hypothetical conclusion, connexum (Cic., Fat., 7, 14): to draw a conclusion [Vid: CONCLUDE]: the whole conclusion is wrong, tota conclusio jacet: is not this a logical conclusion? satisne hoc conclusum est? CONCLUSIVE, ad pervincendum idoneus: firmus ad probandum (fit or apt for proving, convincing; e.g., proof, argumentum): gravis (weighty, and thus also convincing, argumentum; ☞ Cic., Roscius, Com., 12, 36: argumentum gravissimum et firmissimum; i. e., the most conclusive proof): quod habet or facit momentum (the final or decisive point): ultimus (the last, which required nothing after it, proelium, hora).