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dediticius

dediticius · adj

belonging to a surrender

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dēdĭtīcĭus — Lewis & Short

dēdĭtīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj.deditio,

I belonging to a surrender or capitulation; and subst. dediticius, ii, m., one who has surrendered or capitulated, a captive: quicquid deinde patiemur, dediticii vestri passuri, Liv. 7, 31; cf. Gai. Inst. 1, 14; Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 49; so Caes. B. G. 1, 27, 4; 2, 17; Sall. J. 31, 19; Liv. 7, 38 al.—According to a decree of the Lex Aelia Sentia (A. U. C. 757), slaves who had suffered an infamous punishment were to be by manumission only dediticiorum numero, Gai. Inst. 1, 13 and 15; Just. Inst. 1, 5, 3; Sanders ad loc.

In the wild

6 of 23 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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