vindicta

Latin edit

From vim dicare, or vindicō.

vindicta f (genitive vindictae); first declension

ceremonial staff used in manumission
punishment, vengeance
Synonyms: vindicātiō, poena, supplicium, pūnītiō, mercēs, pretium, animadversus, malum

Familia Griffini ad modum cxl dolo optimatum Sratewi ceciderunt; in cuius vindicta rex Grifinus Demetiam et Stratewi devastavit... ― The family of Gruffydd to the measure of 140 [people] fell by treachery to the nobles of Ystrad Tywi; in punishment for which, King Gruffydd devastated Dyfed and Ystrad Tywi... (Annales Cambriae, B Text)
redress, satisfaction
a means of vindication

Corsican: vindetta, vendetta
Italian: vendetta
- → English: vendetta
- → French: vendetta
- → Occitan: vendeta
- → Spanish: vendetta
Piedmontese: vendëta, vendëtta
Portuguese: vindicta, vindita
Romanian: vindictă
Sicilian: vinnitta
Venetian: vendeta
→ French: vindicte
→ Spanish: vindicta

“vindicta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vindicta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vindicta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
vindicta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“vindicta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“vindicta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

vindicta f (plural vindictas)

vengeance
Synonym: venganza

No importa cuan maña sea su voluntad de vindicta, a veces se debe conocer los límites propios
It's not important how much good might flow from your wish for vengeance, sometimes you must know your limits