abdicaverat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abdico, abdicare, abdicavi, abdicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
resign, abdicate; abolish; disinherit; renounce, reject, expel, disapprove of;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...duobus legitimis alterum in adoptionem dederat, alterum abdicaverat, sustulit nothum: instituto herede abdicato decessit. Tres omnes de bonis..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...invidiosam senatus lectionem verecundia victus collega magistratu se abdicaverat, Appius iam inde antiquitus insitam pertinaciam familiae gerendo solus..."