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delictum

misdeed, offence

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Where it lives

De Paenitentia 14 · 34.36/10k
De Pudicitia 42 · 31.24/10k
De Baptismo 13 · 30.44/10k
De Corona 4 · 8.22/10k
Adversus Marcionem 59 · 7.12/10k
De Patientia 3 · 6.63/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 2 · 5.12/10k
Alcibiades 1 · 4.95/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
De Oratione 2 · 4.46/10k
De idolatria 3 · 4.35/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 2 · 3.9/10k

Densest 12 of 80 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. delictum — de Vaan

delictum 'misdeed, offence' (P1.+), delicuus 'lacking' (P1.+X derelinquere 'to abandon' (Varro+), relinquere 'to leave' (P1.+), reliquiae [f.pl] 'remnants, remains' (P1.+), reliquus 'left, remaining' (Pl.+)« Pit *linkw-(e/o-)> *(le-)loik\ *lik}Vio- 'to leave'; *-likw-e/ow-o- 'remaining'. PIE pr. *li-n-kw-, pf. *(le-)loikw-, p p p . *//Γ/ο-. IE cognates: Olr. teicid*, *leici* 'to let (go), leave' < PCI. *linkwe/o-\ … — [de Vaan, s.v. delictum, p. 358]

2. dēlictum — Lewis & Short

dēlictum, i, n.delinquo, prop. a falling

short of the standard of law (hence esp.

I a transgression against positive law; cf. peccatum, usu. against natural law; cf. also: malefactum, maleficium, facinus, flagitium, scelus, nefas, impietas, culpa), a fault, offence, crime, transgression, wrong: delictum suom Suamque ut culpam expetere in mortalem sinat, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 32; so, delictum in se admittere, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 48: majore commisso delicto, * Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.: quo delictum majus est, eo poena est tardior, Cic. Caecin. 3: fatetur aliquis se peccasse et ejus delicti veniam petit: nefarium est facinus ignoscere. At leve delictum est; omnia peccata sunt paria, id. Mur. 30, 62: ubi senatus delicti conscientia populum timet, Sall. J. 27, 3; 104, 5; 102, 12: defendere delictum, Hor. A. P. 442 al.: praeoccupatus in delicto, Vulg. Galat. 6, 1: hostia pro delicto, a trespass-offering, id. Levit. 7, 1 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Rab. Post. 6; id. Off. 1, 40 fin.; Sall. C. 3, 2; id. J. 3, 2; Hor. Od. 3, 6, 1; id. A. P. 141; 347 et saep.

In the wild

delicti Tertullian, De Corona 1
delictorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.12.10
delicta Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.23
delicti Boethius, Liber De Persona et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium 8
delicta Tertullian, De Baptismo 4
delictorum Tertullian, De Paenitentia 6

6 of 269 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. delictum (scan p. 358; entry #922). Root candidates: *linkw-.

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