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
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...plerisque nunc 'aedituus' dicitur noua et commenticia usurpatione quasi a tuendis aedibus appellatus. Satis hoc esse potuit admonendi..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...famam sese facundiae promiserat neque orationis Latinae usurpationes rationesve ullas didicerat, cum in Lycio forte vespera ambularemus, ludo..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hominis ingenio amplissimum ducerent, taciti iudicarent: uocis usurpatione abstinerent. sensere etiam barbari magnitudinem animi, cuius miraculo nominis alii..."