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inventio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
in-ven-tio
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the method used for the discovery of arguments.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin inventiō. Doublet of invention.

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Frequently Paired Words

dispositio elocutio memoria pronuntiatio

Questions

What does inventio mean?
One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the method used for the discovery of arguments.
Where does inventio come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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