adespotos

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

adespotos (feminine adespota, neuter adespoton); first/second-declension adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (of books) masterless
    1. without specifying an author, anonymous
    2. without specifying a dedicatee, undedicated
  2. (in general) ownerless
    • 1705, Jeremias Steyr, Dissertatio Juridica de Jure Principis circa Adespota, [], pages 4, 11:
      [] liber adespotus dicitur [] In Germania ergo ex Jure Romano privati in occupatione rerum adespotarum fundatam habent intentionem, []
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    • 1742, Martin Steyaert, Opuscula ex. D. Martini Steyaert [], page 130:
      De Dominio rerum adespotarum. Quæstio Theologica [] Rectè jure gentium facta est rerum divisio: sed tamen aliquarum adhuc est facienda, quæ ideo adespotæ, hoc est, domino carentes vocantur.
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    • 1775, Cornelius Henricus van Beekesteyn Raket, Dissertatio juridica inauguralis de jure circa res naufragas [], page 34:
      Res ad littora delatas, si plane sint adespotae, cedere Populo, cujus sunt littora, in locis scilicet, ubi Populus jus res adespotas occupandi ademit singulis, et sibi vindicavit; []
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Declension

First/second-declension adjective (Greek-type).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative adespotos adespota adespoton adespotī
adespotoe
adespotae adespota
genitive adespotī adespotae adespotī adespotōrum adespotārum adespotōrum
dative adespotō adespotae adespotō adespotīs
accusative adespoton adespotān adespoton adespotōs adespotās adespota
ablative adespotō adespotā adespotō adespotīs
vocative adespote adespota adespoton adespotī
adespotoe
adespotae adespota
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italian: adespoto

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of adespotus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adespotōs

  1. accusative masculine plural of adespotus

References

  • adespotos, -on in Ramminger, Johann (March 2025 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016