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herctum

herctum · n

an inheritance

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Where it lives

De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

herctum — Lewis & Short

herctum or erctum, i, n.HORCTUM et FORCTUM pro bono dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.; perh. kindr. with heres. In the old jurid. lang.,

I an inheritance, estate, patrimony; only in the connection herctum (erct-) ciere (whence is derived herciscere), to divide an inheritance: qui, quibus verbum herctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237: herctum non citum, an undivided inheritance, Gell. 1, 9, 12; cf. Don. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 642: herctum citum fit inter consortes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82 Müll.

In the wild

erctum Cicero, De Oratore 1.237
erctum Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.3.13
ercto Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.9.12

Where it came from

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