injectĭo

I. A throwing in; lit., med. t. t., an injection, clyster, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 69; 5, 1, 10; id. Acut. 1, 17, 167.—

II. A laying on: manus, a laying on of the hand, an act by which one takes possession of a thing belonging to him without a judicial decision: patri in filium, patrono in libertum manus injectio sit, Quint. 7, 7, 9: aeris confessi debitique jure judicatis triginta dies justi sunto; post deinde manus injectio esto, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; Dig. 2, 4, 10 al.—

B. Transf.: habebat enim vera secum bona, in quae non est manus injectio, Sen. Const. 5, 7.—

III. Trop. (late Lat.).

A. An instigation, suggestion: Satanae, Tert. de Pudic. 13 init.—

B. An objection, Tert. ad Hermog. 10.