usurpatione
Dictionary entries
- Entry →usurpatio, usurpationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
assumption (unjustified) of title; illegally taking possession; dropping name;; assertion of right/privilege by use; usage; constant carrying out (practices);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...plerisque nunc 'aedituus' dicitur noua et commenticia usurpatione quasi a tuendis aedibus appellatus. Satis hoc esse potuit admonendi..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...famam sese facundiae promiserat neque orationis Latinae usurpationes rationesve ullas didicerat, cum in Lycio forte vespera ambularemus, ludo..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hominis ingenio amplissimum ducerent, taciti iudicarent: uocis usurpatione abstinerent. sensere etiam barbari magnitudinem animi, cuius miraculo nominis alii..."