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manumissio

manumissio · f

the freeing of a slave, manumission

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Where it lives

Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

mănūmissĭo — Lewis & Short

mănūmissĭo, ōnis, f.manumitto,

I the freeing of a slave, manumission. It was effected either per censum (when the person to be freed was registered in the census), or per testamentum, or per vindictam (v. vindicta, and Cic. Top. 2, 10); in these three cases it was called justa manumissio. A fourth mode, which, however, was less valid, consisted in pronouncing the slave free before (five) friends, or inviting him to table, or by letter, Cic. Cael. 29, 69; Gai. Inst. 1, 17; Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4; Val. Max. 2, 6, 7; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 3.—

II Transf., a remission of punishment, pardon, Sen. Clem. 1, 3, 1.

In the wild

manumissionis Seneca, De Clementia 1.3.1
manumissiones Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.6.7.p1
manumissioni Suetonius, Galba 10.1
manumissio Cicero, Pro M. Caelio 68

Where it came from

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