commūnītĭo

ōnis, f.

1. communio

I. Abstr., the making or preparing of a way; trop. = Gr. ὁδοποίησις: anne autem principium aut rei totius, quae agetur, significationem habere debebit, aut aditum ad causam et communitionem, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—
II. Concr., a fortification, Vitr. 10, 13, 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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