vindĭco — Lewis & Short
vindĭco (on account of a supposed derivation from venum - dico, also written vendĭco), āvi, ātum, 1 (collat. form, acc. to the 3d conj., VINDICIT, XII. Tab. ap. v. a.vim - dico, prop. to assert authority, viz. in a case where legal possession of a thing claimed is refused; hence, transf.,
Gell. 20, 1 fin.),I to lay legal claim to a thing, whether as one's own property or for its restoration to a free condition.
I Lit.: IN. IVS. DVCITO. NI IVDICATVM FACIT AVT QVIS ENDO EOM IVRE VINDICIT, i. e. eum in jure vindicat, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf., on the form of laying claim to disputed personal property, Gai Inst. 4, 16:
vindicare sponsam in libertatem,Liv. 3, 45, 11; cf. id. 3, 48, 5; 3, 46, 7:
puellam,id. 3, 46, 3:
ita vindicatur Virginia spondentibus propinquis,id. 3, 46, 8.—
II Transf., in gen. (freq. and class.; cf. assero).
A To lay claim to as one's own, to make a claim upon, to demand, claim, arrogate, assume, appropriate a thing:
omnia non Quiritium sed sapientium jure pro suis vindicare,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:
videor id meo jure quodam modo vindicare,id. Off. 1, 1, 2:
Homerum ... Chii suum vindicant,id. Arch. 8, 19:
ortūs nostri partem patria vindicat,id. Off. 1, 7, 22:
maximam partem quasi suo jure Fortuna sibi vindicat,id. Marcell. 2, 6:
ceterarum rerum quae sunt in oratore, partem aliquam sibi quisque vindicat,id. Or. 19, 69:
quod neque summi imperatores ... sibi umquam vindicare sunt ausi,Quint. 1, prooem. § 14:
partem oneris tui mihi vindico,Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:
majestatem sibi,id. Pan. 42, 1:
partis sibi aequas potentiae,Suet. Tib. 50; id. Tit. 5; Sen. Ira, 3, 30, 3; id. Cons. Helv. 3, 9; id. Q. N. 1, 1, 10; Val. Max. 4, 3, 1; 5, 3, ext. 2; cf. Plin. Pan. 8, 2; Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: iniquissima haec bellorum condicio est; prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur, Tac. Agr. 27:
victoriae majore parte ad se vindicatā,Liv. 44, 14, 8:
decus belli ad se,id. 9, 43, 14:
tanta tamen universae Galliae consensio fuit libertatis vindicandae, ut, etc.,should be maintained, vindicated, Caes. B. G. 7, 76:
Trasimenum pro Tarsimeno multi auctores ... vindicaverunt,have adopted, Quint. 1, 5, 13; so id. 1, 5, 26:
vindicet antiquam faciem, vultusque ferinos Detrahat,reassume, Ov. M. 2, 523.—Poet., with inf.:
vindicat hoc Pharius dextrā gestare satelles,Luc. 8, 675.—
B To place a thing in a free condition.
1 In libertatem vindicare, to set free, to free, emancipate:
in libertatem rem populi,Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:
ex dominatu Ti. Gracchi in libertatem rem publicam,id. Brut. 58, 212:
rem publicam afflictam et oppressam in veterem dignitatem ac libertatem,i. e. to restore, id. Fam. 2, 5, 2:
Galliam in libertatem,Caes. B. G. 7, 1:
se et populum Romanum in libertatem,id. B. C. 1, 22.—
2 To deliver, liberate, protect, defend:
te ab eo vindico et libero,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9:
nos a verberibus, ab unco, a crucis terrore neque res gestae neque acta aetas neque vestri honores vindicabunt?id. Rab. Perd. 5, 16:
sapientia sola nos a libidinum impetu et formidinum terrore vindicat,id. Fin. 1, 14, 46:
quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?id. Fl. 17, 40:
aliquem a miseriis morte,id. Brut. 96, 329:
a molestiā,id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 2:
a labore,id. Sull. 9, 26:
domum suam a solitudine,id. de Or. 1, 45, 199:
laudem summorum oratorum ab oblivione hominum atque a silentio,rescue, id. ib. 2, 2, 7:
sed ab hac necessitate egregie vos fortuna vindicat,Liv. 37, 54, 10:
corpora a putrescendo (sal),Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 98:
ebur a carie (vetus oleum),id. 15, 7, 7, § 32:
capillum a canitie,id. 28, 11, 46, § 164:
se non modo ex suspitione tanti sceleris, verum etiam ex omni hominum sermone,Cic. Sull. 20, 59:
perpetienda illa fuerunt, ut se aliquando ad suos vindicaret,might restore, id. Rab. Post. 9, 25:
quam dura ad saxa revinctam Vindicat Alcides,sets free, Ov. M. 11, 213:
tandem absolutus vindicatusque est (reus),Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1.—
C With respect to some wrong perpetrated (cf. ulciscor), to avenge, revenge, punish; to take vengeance on any one; make compensation for:
omnia quae vindicaris in altero, sibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:
maleficium in aliis vindicare,id. Sull. 6, 19:
facinus in nullo etiam,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:
dolum malum et legibus,id. Off. 3, 15, 61. acerrime maleficia, id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12:
consensionem improborum supplicio omni,id. Lael. 12, 43:
eam rem quam vehementer,id. Quint. 7, 28:
Ti. Gracchi conatus perditos,id. Off. 1, 30, 109:
necem Crassi,Ov. F. 6, 468:
offensas ense,id. Tr. 3, 8, 40:
fortuita non civium tantummodo sed urbium damna principis munificentia vindicat,Vell. 2, 126, 4.—Impers. pass.:
fateor non modo in socios, sed etiam in cives militesque nostros persaepe esse severe ac vehementer vindicatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 133:
vindicandum in eos,Sall. J. 31, 18:
vindicatum in eos, qui, etc.,id. C. 9, 4; cf.:
in quos (Venetos) eo gravius Caesar vindicandum statuit, quo diligentius, etc.,Caes. B. G. 3, 16.—
2 Transf. (after the analogy of ulcisci): vindicare se ab (de) aliquo, to revenge one's self upon one:
se ab illo,Sen. Ben. 6, 5, 3:
se de fortunā praefationibus,Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 14.—Pass.:
quantā saevitiā opus erat, ut Sulla de Mario vindicaretur,Flor. 3, 21, 19.