vindicia

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

vindic- (stem of vindex, “claimant”, “vindicator”) +‎ -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)

Noun[edit]

vindicia f (genitive vindiciae); first declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) a laying claim to (a thing, before the praetor, by both contending parties)
  2. a legal claim (made in respect to a thing, whether as one’s own property, or for its restoration to a free condition)
  3. 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

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vindicium

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