delationem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delatio, delationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
accusation/denunciation; laying charge; indicting; informing; offering an oath;
acc. sg.
Examples
- M
II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...poterat facile nudari, si quem conscium nominasset, totam delationem sic ordinavit, ut sibi crederetur promissam dimidiam partem bonorum..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...promissis et uxore deiecta plus potentiae ostentando perpulit delationem subire. Exim Calpurnia (id paelici nomen), ubi datum secretum..."