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
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..."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..."
