vindicia
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯inˈdi.ki.a/, [u̯ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vinˈdi.t͡ʃi.a/, [vin̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃiä]
Etymology 1 edit
vindic- (stem of vindex, “claimant”, “vindicator”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)
Noun edit
vindicia f (genitive vindiciae); first declension
- (chiefly in the plural) a laying claim to (a thing, before the praetor, by both contending parties)
- a legal claim (made in respect to a thing, whether as one’s own property, or for its restoration to a free condition)
- provisional possession (for the duration of the vindicātiō, of the property so disputed)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vindicia | vindiciae |
| Genitive | vindiciae | vindiciārum |
| Dative | vindiciae | vindiciīs |
| Accusative | vindiciam | vindiciās |
| Ablative | vindiciā | vindiciīs |
| Vocative | vindicia | vindiciae |
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of vindicium.
Noun edit
vindicia
References edit
- “vindĭcĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vindĭcĭae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vindĭcĭæ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 1,678–9.