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adventicius

adventicius · adj

that is present by coming

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Where it lives

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 1 · 2.46/10k
De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 1 · 1.5/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
De Divinatione 3 · 1.09/10k
De Republica 2 · 0.92/10k
De Lege Agraria 1 · 0.73/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

adventīcĭus — Lewis & Short

adventīcĭus (not -tĭus), a, um, adj.advenio,

I that is present by coming, coming from abroad, foreign, strange (extrinsecus ad nos perveniens non nostrum, aut nostro labore paratum, Ern. Clav. Cic.; opp. proprius, innatus, insitus, etc.; in Cic. very freq., elsewhere rare).

I In gen.: genus (avium), Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 7 (cf. advena): Mithridates magnis adventiciis copiis juvabatur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24; so, auxilium, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37: externus et adventicius tepor, id. N. D. 2, 10: externa atque adventicia visio, proceeding from the senses, id. Div. 2, 58, 128: doctrina transmarina et adventicia, id. de Or. 3, 33: dos, given by another than the father, Dig. 23, 3, 5.—

II Esp.

A That is added to what is customary, or happens out of course, unusual, extraordinary: fructus, Liv. 8, 28; so, casus, Dig. 40, 9, 6. —

B That is acquired without one's own effort: adventicia pecunia, obtained, not from one's own possessions, but by inheritance, usury, presents, etc., Cic. Inv. 2, 21; id. Rab. Post. 17: humor adventicius, rain, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: adventiciae res, Sen. ad Helv. 5.—

C That pertains to arrival (adventus): adventicia cena, a banquet given on one's arrival, Suet. Vit. 13 (cf. adventorius).—Adv. phrase: ex adventicio, from without, extrinsically: quidquid est hoc, quod circa nos ex adventicio fulget, liberi, honores, etc., Sen. Consol. ad Marc. 10.

In the wild

adventiciis Seneca, De Consolatione ad Helviam 11.5.1
adventicium Cicero, Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 33
adventicium Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 5.42.9
adventiciis Seneca, De Beneficiis 4.22.4
adventicium Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.8.28.3
adventicio Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 16.98.1

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