Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Contignatio

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

CONTIGNA'TIO. The wood-work of beams and joists which supports the flooring in a building of several stories (Vitruv. vi. 5. Pallad. i. 9.); whence also used to designate the floor or story itself. Caes. B. C. ii. 9. Liv. xxi. 62.