vindicia

Latin

FWOTD – 22 June 2014

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vindicia vindiciae
genitive vindiciae vindiciārum
dative vindiciae vindiciīs
accusative vindiciam vindiciās
ablative vindiciā vindiciīs
vocative vindicia vindiciae

Etymology 2

Inflected form of vindicium.

Noun

vindicia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vindicium

References

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