vindicta

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From vim dicare, or vindicō.

NounEdit

vindicta f (genitive vindictae); first declension

1. ceremonial staff used in manumission
2. punishment, vengeance

   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)

3. redress, satisfaction
4. a means of vindication

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vindicta	vindictae
genitive	vindictae	vindictārum
dative	vindictae	vindictīs
accusative	vindictam	vindictās
ablative	vindictā	vindictīs
vocative	vindicta	vindictae

Related termsEdit

• vindicō

DescendantsEdit

• English: vindictive
• French: vindicte
• Italian: vendetta
• Portuguese: vindicta, vindita

• Sicilian: vinnitta
• Spanish: vindicta
• Venetian: vendeta

ReferencesEdit

• 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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “vindicta”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “vindicta” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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