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officialis

officialis · adj

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Where it lives

Antoninus Caracallus 1 · 4.9/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k

What it meant

offĭcĭālis — Lewis & Short

offĭcĭālis, e, adj.officium,

I of or belonging to duty, office, or service, official (post-class.).

I Adj.: libri officiales, which treat of duties, Lact. 6, 11, 9; 6, 18, 15: operae, official performances, Dig. 38, 1, 6.—

II Subst.: offĭcĭālis, is, m., a magistrate's servant or attendant, an official (for the class. apparitor), App. M. 1, p. 113 fin.: praefecti, Dig. 36, 4, 5; Paul. Sent. 5, 12, 6: universi officiales diversorum officiorum, Cod. Th. 8, 7, 2; Inscr. Orell. 2952.—

B In gen., a servant, attendant: aemulationi occurrant necesse est officiales suae, ira, discordia, odium, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 25.

In the wild

officialium Tertullian, De Corona 11
officialium Historia Augusta, Antoninus Caracallus 6

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. officialis (scan p. 484; entry #7819).

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