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litigiosus

litigiosus · adj

full of disputes, quarrelsome

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Where it lives

Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 2 · 1.72/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 1 · 1.16/10k
Pro A. Caecina 1 · 0.96/10k
Pro L. Murena 1 · 0.95/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Fasti 2 · 0.64/10k
De Oratore 3 · 0.5/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

lītĭgĭōsus — Lewis & Short

lītĭgĭōsus, a, um, adj.litigium,

I full of disputes, quarrelsome.

I Lit.: fora, Ov. F. 4, 188: disputatio, Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 76.—

B Fond of disputes, contentious, litigious: homo minime litigiosus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 37: duae anus, quibus nihil litigiosius, Sid. Ep. 8, 3: homines pertinacissimi et litigiosissimi, Aug. Ep. 68.—

II Transf., of the object of dispute, disputed: praediolum, Cic. de Or. 3, 27, 106.—

B Esp. of the subject of a lawsuit, contested, claimed: de rebus litigiosis et convenire et transigere possumus, Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 5: fundum litigiosum emere, Gai. Inst. 4, 117: pecora, Paul. Sent. 5, 18, 3.—Adv.: lītĭgĭōsē, contentiously, Aug. c. Duas Epp. Pel. 3, 4, 13.

In the wild

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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