The corpus record — Latin

hercisco

hercisco · v. a

to proceed to the division of an inheritance

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Where it lives

Pro A. Caecina 1 · 0.96/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k

What it meant

hercisco — Lewis & Short

hercisco or ercisco, ĕre, v. a.contr. from herctum or erctum and cisco, as a v. inch. from cieo; cf. herctum, in the old jurid. lang.,

I to proceed to the division of an inheritance, to divide an inheritance.

I Lit.: idcirco qui, quibus verbum herctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, idem herciscundae familiae causam agere non possit, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237: arbitrum familiae herciscundae postulavit, id. Caecin. 7, 19; Dig. 10, 2; cf. App. M. 9, p. 229.—

II Transf.: nos viae herciscundae contendentes, i. e. disputing as to which way we should take, App. M. 6, p. 186.

In the wild

herciscundae Cicero, Pro A. Caecina 19
herciscundae Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.29
herciscundae Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.27

Where it came from

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