justitium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin jūstitium.

Noun

justitium

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) An interregnum after the death of an emperor.

Latin

Noun

jūstitium n (genitive jūstitiī or jūstitī); second declension

  1. alternative form of iustitium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative jūstitium jūstitia
genitive jūstitiī
jūstitī1 		jūstitiōrum
dative jūstitiō jūstitiīs
accusative jūstitium jūstitia
ablative jūstitiō jūstitiīs
vocative jūstitium jūstitia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “justitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • justitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “justitium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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