precarium

English

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Pronunciation

Noun

precarium (plural precaria)

  1. A form of land tenure in which a petitioner receives a property for a specific amount of time without any change of ownership.

Latin

Adjective

precārium

  1. inflection of precārius:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

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