dē-termino, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to enclose within boundaries, to bound; to limit, prescribe, determine (rare but class.). Prop.: regiones, limites, confinia, Plaut. Poen. prol. 49: augur regiones ab oriente ad occasum determinavit, Liv. 1, 18 fin.; cf. Asiam ab oriente Armenia minore, ab occidente Phrygia, etc., Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 102: imaginem templi scipione in solo, id. 28, 2, 4, § 15.

— Transf., to fix, settle, determine: teli ictus, Lucr. 6, 403: segetes in diem, Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 77; cf.: diem jejuniis, Tert. adv. Psych. 2: senatoria et equestria officia biennio spatio, Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. Or. 16: id quod dicit spiritu, non arte determinat, measures, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175: judicium determinat causas, Vulg. Prov. 26, 10: mensuram (Ponti), Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77.

—Poet.: omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus, Cic. Poet. Div. 1, 12.