discussĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
A shaking, Sen. Q. N. 6, 19, 2.—
II.
An examination, discussion.
A.
In gen. (late Lat. for disputatio, quaestio): sequitur illa discussio, quid sit, etc., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 16, 8; Tert. Pudic. 11.—
B.
In partic., in the later period of the empire, a revision of the public accounts in the provinces, Cod. Just. 10, 30, 1; Symm. Ep. 5, 74.