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liberatio

liberatio · f

a freeing

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Where it lives

Pro Q. Ligario 1 · 3.05/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 1 · 0.54/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

lībĕrātĭo — Lewis & Short

lībĕrātĭo, ōnis, f.libero,

I a freeing or becoming free, a delivering, releasing, release, liberation.

I In gen.: ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: malorum, Quint. 5, 10, 33: culpae, Cic. Lig. 1, 1: rempublicam sub obtentu liberationis invadere, of setting it at liberty, Just. 5, 8, 12.—

II In partic.

A A discharge in a court of law, an acquittal: libidinosissimae liberationes, Cic. Pis. 36, 87.—

B In jurid. Lat., a discharge or release from debt, a payment: liberationis verbum eandem vim habet quam solutionis, Dig. 50, 16, 47: liberationem debitori legare, i. e. remission, ib. 34, 3, 3; cf.: de liberatione legata, of releasing from a debt by last will or testament, ib. 34, tit. 3.

In the wild

liberationes Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 87
liberationem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.10.33
liberationem Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 1.1.35
liberationem Cicero, Pro Q. Ligario 1
liberatione Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1.37
liberatio Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.25

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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